The editor now supports proper placeholders and we should investigate where we can adopt them.

Here is an example usage of the new placeholder API.

• @lszomoru

  vscode/src/vs/workbench/contrib/scm/browser/scmViewPane.ts

  Line 2341 in 2a3498d

  const updatePlaceholderText = () => {

• @roblourens

  vscode/src/vs/workbench/contrib/chat/browser/contrib/chatInputEditorContrib.ts

  Line 138 in 2a3498d

  let placeholderDecoration: IDecorationOptions[] | undefined;

• @alexr00

  vscode/src/vs/workbench/contrib/comments/browser/commentReply.ts

  Line 240 in 6125cc2

  this.commentEditor.setDecorationsByType('review-zone-widget', COMMENTEDITOR_DECORATION_KEY, decorations);

Known issue (will be fixed soon)

• Editor placeholder multiline text - use ellipsis instead #211403