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Ticket UUID:	992d6f113541d287cf6db907ef0e30b87bff7f8b
Title:	ttk::entry placeholder length computation confuses string length and character length
Type:	Bug	Version:	9.0.3, main
Submitter:	oehhar	Created on:	2026-02-27 13:13:58
Subsystem:	07. [entry]	Assigned To:	oehhar
Priority:	5 Medium	Severity:	Minor
Status:	Closed	Last Modified:	2026-02-27 15:52:57
Resolution:	Fixed	Closed By:	jan.nijtmans
		Closed on:	2026-02-27 15:52:57
Description:	Within this Tk lib ticket: https://core.tcl-lang.org/tklib/tktview/e5337a28466fb6cd9310e14d125fa89272a41ae4 Christian Werner remarks that the length of the replacement string uses "strlen" instead of character length. Here is the proposed patch (thanks Christian): https://androwish.org/home/info/54d2f6b404211874 Harald I was able to reproduce by in Tk 9.0.3: pack [ttk::entry .e2 -placeholder "ÄÖÜÄÖÜß"] This shows the interpretation of empty memory after the last character. If the bug shows up depends on the memory content after the placeholder string. So, multiple tries may be required.
User Comments:	jan.nijtmans added on 2026-02-27 15:52:57: Thanks! Fixed [32421984f1a350d2\|here] (derived from Christian's patch)