--- uid: web-forms/videos/ajax-control-toolkit/how-do-i-use-the-aspnet-ajax-textboxwatermark-control-extender title: "[How Do I:] Use the ASP.NET AJAX TextBoxWatermark Control Extender? | Microsoft Docs" author: JoeStagner description: "In this video you will learn how to use the TextBoxWatermark control extender from the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit, which adds new watermark properties to a..." ms.author: aspnetcontent ms.date: 01/26/2007 ms.assetid: a43d175e-7526-4dd9-b8ed-9348c3c3dd39 msc.legacyurl: /web-forms/videos/ajax-control-toolkit/how-do-i-use-the-aspnet-ajax-textboxwatermark-control-extender msc.type: video --- [How Do I:] Use the ASP.NET AJAX TextBoxWatermark Control Extender? ==================== by [Joe Stagner](https://github.com/JoeStagner) In this video you will learn how to use the TextBoxWatermark control extender from the ASP.NET AJAX Control Toolkit, which adds new watermark properties to all standard TextBox controls on an ASP.NET page. [▶ Watch video (6 minutes)](https://channel9.msdn.com/Blogs/ASP-NET-Site-Videos/how-do-i-use-the-aspnet-ajax-textboxwatermark-control-extender) > [!div class="step-by-step"] > [Previous](how-do-i-use-the-aspnet-ajax-cascadingdropdown-control-extender.md) > [Next](how-do-i-use-the-aspnet-ajax-popup-control-extender.md)