placeholder textbox wpf
<Grid Background="White" HorizontalAlignment="Right" VerticalAlignment="Top" >
<!-- overlay with hint text -->
<TextBlock Margin="5,2" MinWidth="50" Text="Suche..."
Foreground="LightSteelBlue" Visibility="{Binding ElementName=txtSearchBox, Path=Text.IsEmpty, Converter={StaticResource MyBoolToVisibilityConverter}}" IsHitTestVisible="False"/>
<!-- enter term here -->
<TextBox MinWidth="50" Name="txtSearchBox" Background="Transparent" />
</Grid>