From a24303efafebd553f82ba8fd6b4772a9920f680a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: x0Lazarus <113273587+x0Lazarus@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 2026 11:43:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Hide placeholders after a prompt finishes

---
 src/prompt_toolkit/shortcuts/prompt.py |  2 +-
 tests/test_shortcuts.py                | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/prompt_toolkit/shortcuts/prompt.py b/src/prompt_toolkit/shortcuts/prompt.py
index f14ecd80c..8afd8f8a7 100644
--- a/src/prompt_toolkit/shortcuts/prompt.py
+++ b/src/prompt_toolkit/shortcuts/prompt.py
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ def display_placeholder() -> bool:
             DynamicProcessor(lambda: merge_processors(self.input_processors or [])),
             ConditionalProcessor(
                 AfterInput(lambda: self.placeholder),
-                filter=display_placeholder,
+                filter=display_placeholder & ~is_done,
             ),
         ]
 
diff --git a/tests/test_shortcuts.py b/tests/test_shortcuts.py
index 287c6d33a..7e8a6c97e 100644
--- a/tests/test_shortcuts.py
+++ b/tests/test_shortcuts.py
@@ -1,10 +1,48 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-from prompt_toolkit.shortcuts import print_container
+import pytest
+
+from prompt_toolkit import renderer
+from prompt_toolkit.formatted_text import ANSI
+from prompt_toolkit.input.defaults import create_pipe_input
+from prompt_toolkit.output import DummyOutput
+from prompt_toolkit.shortcuts import PromptSession, print_container
 from prompt_toolkit.shortcuts.prompt import _split_multiline_prompt
 from prompt_toolkit.widgets import Frame, TextArea
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "placeholder", ["Type a value", ANSI("\x1b[90mType a value\x1b[0m")]
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("text", ["", "hello"])
+def test_placeholder_is_hidden_after_accepting_input(mocker, placeholder, text):
+    draw = mocker.spy(renderer, "_output_screen_diff")
+    with create_pipe_input() as inp:
+        session = PromptSession(
+            "Question: ",
+            placeholder=placeholder,
+            input=inp,
+            output=DummyOutput(),
+        )
+        inp.send_text(text + "\r")
+        assert session.prompt() == text
+
+    # Inspect the actual screens sent to the output, including the final redraw.
+    screens = []
+    for call in draw.call_args_list:
+        screen, is_done = call.args[2], call.args[7]
+        content = "\n".join(
+            "".join(char.char for _, char in sorted(row.items())).rstrip()
+            for _, row in sorted(screen.data_buffer.items())
+        ).rstrip()
+        screens.append((is_done, content))
+
+    assert any("Type a value" in content for is_done, content in screens if not is_done)
+    assert [content for is_done, content in screens if is_done] == [
+        ("Question: " + text).rstrip()
+    ]
+
+
 def test_split_multiline_prompt():
     # Test 1: no newlines:
     tokens = [("class:testclass", "ab")]