Form- make HintText (placeholder) an entry input if user doesn't overwrite

[ogend]

Hello power apps gurus, 

I am building a simple form which updates a sharepoint list. I have a date field and I set an input date placeholder to be equal to Today(). Can I tweak the setting so that if the user doesn't  input the date,  the placeholder value becomes an entry? The users see placeholder value in the field- they think that  it is their  selection and there is no need  to overwrite, but placeholder value is not passed to sharepoint list. 

Thank you, 

Olga

[RandyHayes · Accepted solution]

@ogend 

If I understand what you are saying, you want the datepicker to simply default to today's date.

If they skip over it and don't change it, you want it to be the value that is in the placeholder.

If so, then simply change your DefaultDate property to: Coalesce(Parent.Default, Today())

I hope this is helpful for you.

[ogend]

@RandyHayes  Thanks a lot! Exactly what I was trying to do!