Designer layouts ignore empty text inspector values for controls with runtime placeholder defaults

Status: Fixed
Fixed in: v26.6.5
Source discussion: https://forum.objo.dev/d/394-when-control-label-opening-doesnt-respect-inspector-text-properties
Last updated: 2026-06-21

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Designer-backed desktop controls can ignore empty text inspector values when the runtime constructor supplies placeholder text. In the forum repro, Label1 has text="" in the saved layout, but running the app shows Label. Empty inspector text should be honoured.