Index: binaries/data/mods/mod/gui/gui.rnc
===================================================================
--- binaries/data/mods/mod/gui/gui.rnc
+++ binaries/data/mods/mod/gui/gui.rnc
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
   attribute maxwidth { xsd:decimal }? &
   attribute multiline { bool }?&
   attribute offset { pos }?&
+  attribute placeholder_text { text }?&
+  attribute placeholder_color { ccolor }?&
   attribute readonly { bool }?&
   attribute scrollbar { bool }?&
   attribute scrollbar_style { text }?&
Index: binaries/data/mods/mod/gui/gui.rng
===================================================================
--- binaries/data/mods/mod/gui/gui.rng
+++ binaries/data/mods/mod/gui/gui.rng
@@ -435,6 +435,14 @@
         </attribute>
       </optional>
       <optional>
+        <attribute name="placeholder_text"/>
+      </optional>
+      <optional>
+        <attribute name="placeholder_color">
+          <ref name="ccolor"/>
+        </attribute>
+      </optional>
+      <optional>
         <attribute name="text_align">
           <ref name="align"/>
         </attribute>
Index: binaries/data/mods/mod/gui/modmod/modmod.js
===================================================================
--- binaries/data/mods/mod/gui/modmod/modmod.js
+++ binaries/data/mods/mod/gui/modmod/modmod.js
@@ -99,8 +99,6 @@
 function initGUIFilters()
 {
 	Engine.GetGUIObjectByName("negateFilter").checked = false;
-	Engine.GetGUIObjectByName("modGenericFilter").caption = translate("Filter");
-
 	displayModLists();
 }
 
@@ -230,7 +228,6 @@
 	let searchText = Engine.GetGUIObjectByName("modGenericFilter").caption;
 
 	if (searchText &&
-	    searchText != translate("Filter") &&
 	    folder.indexOf(searchText) == -1 &&
 	    mod.name.indexOf(searchText) == -1 &&
 	    mod.label.indexOf(searchText) == -1 &&
Index: binaries/data/mods/mod/gui/modmod/modmod.xml
===================================================================
--- binaries/data/mods/mod/gui/modmod/modmod.xml
+++ binaries/data/mods/mod/gui/modmod/modmod.xml
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@
 				type="input"
 				style="ModernInput"
 				size="16 0 176 100%"
+				placeholder_color="gray"
 			>
 				<action on="Press">applyFilters();</action>
 				<action on="TextEdit">applyFilters();</action>
+				<translatableAttribute id="placeholder_text">Filter</translatableAttribute>
 			</object>
 
 			<!-- Checkboxes -->
Index: source/gui/ObjectTypes/CInput.h
===================================================================
--- source/gui/ObjectTypes/CInput.h
+++ source/gui/ObjectTypes/CInput.h
@@ -194,6 +194,7 @@
 	i32 m_BufferPosition;
 	float m_BufferZone;
 	CStrW m_Caption;
+	CStrW m_PlaceholderText;
 	i32 m_CellID;
 	CStrW m_Font;
 	CStrW m_MaskChar;
@@ -207,6 +208,7 @@
 	CGUISpriteInstance m_SpriteSelectArea;
 	CGUIColor m_TextColor;
 	CGUIColor m_TextColorSelected;
+	CGUIColor m_PlaceholderColor;
 };
 
 #endif // INCLUDED_CINPUT
Index: source/gui/ObjectTypes/CInput.cpp
===================================================================
--- source/gui/ObjectTypes/CInput.cpp
+++ source/gui/ObjectTypes/CInput.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@
 	RegisterSetting("sprite_selectarea", m_SpriteSelectArea);
 	RegisterSetting("textcolor", m_TextColor);
 	RegisterSetting("textcolor_selected", m_TextColorSelected);
+	RegisterSetting("placeholder_text", m_PlaceholderText);
+	RegisterSetting("placeholder_color", m_PlaceholderColor);
 
 	CFG_GET_VAL("gui.cursorblinkrate", m_CursorBlinkRate);
 
@@ -1471,6 +1473,11 @@
 			textRenderer.SetTransform(savedTransform);
 		}
 
+		if (!m_Caption.length() && m_PlaceholderText.length())
+		{
+			textRenderer.Color(m_PlaceholderColor);
+			textRenderer.PutAdvance(&m_PlaceholderText[0]);
+		}
 		textRenderer.Translate(0.f, ls, 0.f);
 	}