Combobox Control: Add placeholder attribute

packages/components/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 ### New Features
 
 -   `Composite`: add stable version of the component ([#63569](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/63569)).
+-   `ComboboxControl`: add support for `placeholder` attribute ([#65254](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/65254)).
 
 ### Enhancements
 

packages/components/src/combobox-control/README.md

@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ If the control is clicked, the dropdown will expand regardless of this prop.
 -   Required: No
 -   Default: `true`
 
+### placeholder
+
+If passed, the combobox input will show a placeholder string if no values are present.
+
+-   Type: `string`
+-   Required: No
+
 #### __experimentalRenderItem
 
 Custom renderer invoked for each option in the suggestion list. The render prop receives as its argument an object containing, under the `item` key, the single option's data (directly from the array of data passed to the `options` prop).

packages/components/src/combobox-control/index.tsx

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ function ComboboxControl( props: ComboboxControlProps ) {
 		},
 		__experimentalRenderItem,
 		expandOnFocus = true,
+		placeholder,
 	} = useDeprecated36pxDefaultSizeProp( props );
 
 	const [ value, setValue ] = useControlledValue( {
@@ -340,6 +341,7 @@ function ComboboxControl( props: ComboboxControlProps ) {
 								className="components-combobox-control__input"
 								instanceId={ instanceId }
 								ref={ inputContainer }
+								placeholder={ placeholder }
 								value={ isExpanded ? inputValue : currentLabel }
 								onFocus={ onFocus }
 								onBlur={ onBlur }

packages/components/src/combobox-control/types.ts

@@ -82,4 +82,8 @@ export type ComboboxControlProps = Pick<
 	 * The current value of the control.
 	 */
 	value?: string | null;
+	/**
+	 * If passed, the combobox input will show a placeholder string if no values are present.
+	 */
+	placeholder?: string;
 };