diff --git a/src/qt/forms/optionsdialog.ui b/src/qt/forms/optionsdialog.ui
--- a/src/qt/forms/optionsdialog.ui
+++ b/src/qt/forms/optionsdialog.ui
@@ -685,6 +685,9 @@
            <property name="toolTip">
             <string>Third party URLs (e.g. a block explorer) that appear in the transactions tab as context menu items. %s in the URL is replaced by transaction hash. Multiple URLs are separated by vertical bar |.</string>
            </property>
+           <property name="placeholderText">
+            <string notr="true">https://example.com/tx/%s</string>
+           </property>
           </widget>
          </item>
         </layout>
diff --git a/src/qt/forms/sendcoinsentry.ui b/src/qt/forms/sendcoinsentry.ui
--- a/src/qt/forms/sendcoinsentry.ui
+++ b/src/qt/forms/sendcoinsentry.ui
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@
       <property name="toolTip">
        <string>Enter a label for this address to add it to the list of used addresses</string>
       </property>
+      <property name="placeholderText">
+       <string>Enter a label for this address to add it to your address book</string>
+      </property>
      </widget>
     </item>
     <item row="2" column="0">
diff --git a/src/qt/forms/signverifymessagedialog.ui b/src/qt/forms/signverifymessagedialog.ui
--- a/src/qt/forms/signverifymessagedialog.ui
+++ b/src/qt/forms/signverifymessagedialog.ui
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@
          </property>
          <item>
           <widget class="QLineEdit" name="signatureOut_SM">
+           <property name="placeholderText">
+            <string>Click "Sign Message" to generate signature</string>
+           </property>
            <property name="font">
             <font>
              <italic>true</italic>
diff --git a/src/qt/optionsdialog.cpp b/src/qt/optionsdialog.cpp
--- a/src/qt/optionsdialog.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/optionsdialog.cpp
@@ -118,8 +118,6 @@
                               QVariant(langStr));
         }
     }
-    ui->thirdPartyTxUrls->setPlaceholderText("https://example.com/tx/%s");
-
     ui->unit->setModel(new BitcoinUnits(this));
 
     /* Widget-to-option mapper */
diff --git a/src/qt/sendcoinsentry.cpp b/src/qt/sendcoinsentry.cpp
--- a/src/qt/sendcoinsentry.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/sendcoinsentry.cpp
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
     if (platformStyle->getUseExtraSpacing()) {
         ui->payToLayout->setSpacing(4);
     }
-    ui->addAsLabel->setPlaceholderText(
-        tr("Enter a label for this address to add it to your address book"));
 
     // normal bitcoin address field
     GUIUtil::setupAddressWidget(ui->payTo, this);
diff --git a/src/qt/signverifymessagedialog.cpp b/src/qt/signverifymessagedialog.cpp
--- a/src/qt/signverifymessagedialog.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/signverifymessagedialog.cpp
@@ -40,9 +40,6 @@
     ui->clearButton_VM->setIcon(
         platformStyle->SingleColorIcon(":/icons/remove"));
 
-    ui->signatureOut_SM->setPlaceholderText(
-        tr("Click \"Sign Message\" to generate signature"));
-
     GUIUtil::setupAddressWidget(ui->addressIn_SM, this);
     GUIUtil::setupAddressWidget(ui->addressIn_VM, this);