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# Custom editor example

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## Overview

You can declare a custom editor for the `HotTable` component by declaring it as a class and passing it to the Handsontable options or creating an editor component.

## Example - Declaring an editor as a class

The following example implements the `@handsontable/react` component with a custom editor added, utilizing the `placeholder` attribute in the editor's `input` element.

::: example #example1 :react  --no-edit
```jsx
import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { HotTable } from '@handsontable/react';
import Handsontable from 'handsontable';

class CustomEditor extends Handsontable.editors.TextEditor {
  constructor(props) {
    super(props);
  }

  createElements() {
    super.createElements();

    this.TEXTAREA = document.createElement('input');
    this.TEXTAREA.setAttribute('placeholder', 'Custom placeholder');
    this.TEXTAREA.setAttribute('data-hot-input', true);
    this.textareaStyle = this.TEXTAREA.style;
    Handsontable.dom.empty(this.TEXTAREA_PARENT);
    this.TEXTAREA_PARENT.appendChild(this.TEXTAREA);
  }
}

const hotSettings = {
  startRows: 5,
  columns: [
    {
      editor: CustomEditor
    }
  ],
  colHeaders: true,
  colWidths: 200,
  licenseKey: 'non-commercial-and-evaluation'
};

const App = () => {
  return (
    <div>
      <HotTable
        id="hot"
        settings={hotSettings}
      />
    </div>
  );
}

ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('example1'));
```
:::