From 4aab34290a0c966bffc9e529dae5666b5db77c96 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Dunn <robin@alldunn.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2007 06:47:33 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Return an empty string from GetValue if the textctrl is set
 to the descriptive text

git-svn-id: https://svn.wxwidgets.org/svn/wx/wxWidgets/trunk@44276 c3d73ce0-8a6f-49c7-b76d-6d57e0e08775
---
 src/generic/srchctlg.cpp | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/generic/srchctlg.cpp b/src/generic/srchctlg.cpp
index b40557a724..75f9391892 100644
--- a/src/generic/srchctlg.cpp
+++ b/src/generic/srchctlg.cpp
@@ -534,7 +534,11 @@ void wxSearchCtrl::LayoutControls(int x, int y, int width, int height)
 
 wxString wxSearchCtrl::GetValue() const
 {
-    return m_text->GetValue();
+    wxString value = m_text->GetValue();
+    if (value == m_text->GetDescriptiveText())
+        return wxEmptyString;
+    else
+        return value;
 }
 void wxSearchCtrl::SetValue(const wxString& value)
 {