diff --git a/api/etemplate.php b/api/etemplate.php
index 4b079ec5a4..e8bce13fb1 100644
--- a/api/etemplate.php
+++ b/api/etemplate.php
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const ADD_ET2_PREFIX_REGEXP = '#<((/?)([vh]?box|date(-time[^\s]*|-duration|-sinc
 const ADD_ET2_PREFIX_LAST_GROUP = 6;
 
 // unconditional of legacy add et2- prefix to this widgets
-const ADD_ET2_PREFIX_LEGACY_REGEXP = '#<(description|searchbox|label|avatar|lavatar|image|vfs-mime|vfs-uid|vfs-gid|link|link-[a-z]+|favorites)\s([^>]+)/>#m';
+const ADD_ET2_PREFIX_LEGACY_REGEXP = '#<(description|searchbox|textbox|label|avatar|lavatar|image|vfs-mime|vfs-uid|vfs-gid|link|link-[a-z]+|favorites)\s([^>]+)/>#m';
 const ADD_ET2_PREFIX_LEGACY_LAST_GROUP = 2;
 
 // switch evtl. set output-compression off, as we can't calculate a Content-Length header with transparent compression
diff --git a/api/js/etemplate/et2_extension_nextmatch.ts b/api/js/etemplate/et2_extension_nextmatch.ts
index 82ab7c9478..9220be523c 100644
--- a/api/js/etemplate/et2_extension_nextmatch.ts
+++ b/api/js/etemplate/et2_extension_nextmatch.ts
@@ -3325,7 +3325,8 @@ export class et2_nextmatch_header_bar extends et2_DOMWidget implements et2_INext
 				self.nextmatch.applyFilters({search: this.get_value()});
 			},
 			value: settings.search || '',
-			fix: !egwIsMobile()
+			fix: !egwIsMobile(),
+			placeholder: egw.lang("Search"),
 		};
 		// searchbox widget
 		this.et2_searchbox = <Et2Searchbox>loadWebComponent('et2-searchbox', searchbox_options, this);