microsoft / microsoft/microsoft-ui-xaml
TextBox PlaceholderText is no longer centered correctly in v1.6.0
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Description
### Describe the bug
In WindowsAppSDK 1.5 `` it looks correct like this:
In v1.6 `` it suddenly looks like this:
So whatever has changed it messes with the positioning of the PlaceholderText.
### Steps to reproduce the bug
```xaml
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```
### Expected behavior
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### Screenshots
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### NuGet package version
WinUI 3 - Windows App SDK 1.6.0: 1.6.240829007
### Windows version
Windows 10 (21H2): Build 19044
### Additional context
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Research direction
Start with the supplied XAML reproduction and compare the TextBox PlaceholderText layout under Windows App SDK 1.5.240802000 and 1.6.240829007 on Windows 10 build 19044. Investigate the version change affecting placeholder positioning; done when the placeholder is centered as it was in 1.5 without regressing the reproduction.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100