[Tkinter] Placing a Placeholder in the entry box

[Nymphalys08]

Hi,
My placeholder works now but the problem lies with calling it in the SQL statement.

Without the placeholder, my SQL is working fine because each of my entry boxes have (example: textvariable="user") but when I place it in the configuration of my entry box the placeholder will also disappear. How can I make my placeholder works and also the SQL statement?
Thank you

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class EntryWithPlaceholder(tk.Entry):     def __init__(self, master=None, placeholder="PLACEHOLDER", color='grey'):         super().__init__(master)           self.placeholder = placeholder         self.placeholder_color = color         self.default_fg_color = self['fg']           self.bind("<FocusIn>", self.foc_in)         self.bind("<FocusOut>", self.foc_out)           self.put_placeholder()       def put_placeholder(self):         self.insert(0, self.placeholder)         self['fg'] = self.placeholder_color       def foc_in(self, *args):         if self['fg'] == self.placeholder_color:             self.delete('0', 'end')             self['fg'] = self.default_fg_color       def foc_out(self, *args):         if not self.get():             self.put_placeholder()           self.user_input = EntryWithPlaceholder(root, 'USERNAME OR EMAIL')         self.user_input.place(relx=0.18, rely=0.455, width=300, height=24)         self.user_input.configure(font=("Corbel", 15))         self.user_input.configure(borderwidth=0)         self.user_input.configure(relief="flat")       def login(self, Event=None):         find_user = "SELECT * FROM employee WHERE ('username' :  u OR email_address = %s) and password = %s"         cur.execute(find_user, [user.get(), user.get(), passwd.get()])         results = cur.fetchall()         if results:             if results[0][10] == "Admin":                 messagebox.showinfo("Login Page", "The login is successful.")                 page1.user_input.delete(0, END)                 page1.pass_input.delete(0, END)                   root.withdraw()                 global adm                 global page2                 adm = Toplevel()                 page2 = Admin_Page(adm)                 # page2.time()                 adm.protocol("WM_DELETE_WINDOW", exitt)                 adm.mainloop()               else:                 messagebox.showerror("Oops!!", "You are not an admin.")           else:             messagebox.showerror("Error", "Incorrect username or password.")             page1.pass_input.delete(0, END)

[Yoriz]

The EntryWithPlaceholder code you have taken from https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2782...in-tkinter
You should not be placing your code that makes new instances of itself inside of its FocusOut event handler.

1	self.user_input = EntryWithPlaceholder(root, 'USERNAME OR EMAIL')

Use the copied code as it is, create an instance of it, create your code separately.