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# newPlaceholder()

- Package: [@gooddata/sdk-ui](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui/index.md)
- Kind: function
- Source: https://github.com/gooddata/gooddata-ui-sdk/blob/rel/11.64/libs/sdk-ui/src/base/react/placeholders/factory.ts
- Guides: [Swap visualization inputs with placeholders](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/data-layer/data-model/visualization-placeholders/index.md)

Create a new placeholder. See [IPlaceholder](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui/sdk-ui.iplaceholder/index.md).

**Signature:**

```typescript
export declare function newPlaceholder<T>(defaultValue?: T, options?: IPlaceholderOptions<T>): IPlaceholder<T>;
```

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| defaultValue | T | _(Optional)_ |
| options | [IPlaceholderOptions](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui/sdk-ui.iplaceholderoptions/index.md)&lt;T&gt; | _(Optional)_ |

**Returns:**

[IPlaceholder](https://www.gooddata.ai/docs/gooddata-ui/latest/api-reference/sdk-ui/sdk-ui.iplaceholder/index.md)&lt;T&gt;