diff --git a/src/textarea.rs b/src/textarea.rs
index 8d4dafd..1908874 100644
--- a/src/textarea.rs
+++ b/src/textarea.rs
@@ -87,14 +87,13 @@ pub struct TextArea<'a> {
     cursor_line_style: Style,
     line_number_style: Option<Style>,
     pub(crate) viewport: Viewport,
-    cursor_style: Style,
+    pub(crate) cursor_style: Style,
     yank: YankText,
     #[cfg(feature = "search")]
     search: Search,
     alignment: Alignment,
     pub(crate) placeholder: String,
     pub(crate) placeholder_style: Style,
-    pub(crate) show_placeholder_with_cursor: bool, // not supported for tui-rs
     mask: Option<char>,
     selection_start: Option<(usize, usize)>,
     select_style: Style,
@@ -200,7 +199,6 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
             alignment: Alignment::Left,
             placeholder: String::new(),
             placeholder_style: Style::default().fg(Color::DarkGray),
-            show_placeholder_with_cursor: false,
             mask: None,
             selection_start: None,
             select_style: Style::default().bg(Color::LightBlue),
@@ -1854,20 +1852,6 @@ impl<'a> TextArea<'a> {
         self.placeholder_style = style;
     }
 
-    /// Set if cursor and placeholder are shown together. The default value is `false`.
-    /// ```
-    /// use tui_textarea::TextArea;
-    ///
-    /// let mut textarea = TextArea::default();
-    /// assert_eq!(textarea.show_placeholder_with_cursor, false);
-    ///
-    /// textarea.set_show_placeholder_with_cursor(true);
-    /// assert_eq!(textarea.show_placeholder_with_cursor, true);
-    /// ```
-    pub fn set_show_placeholder_with_cursor(&mut self, enabled: bool) {
-        self.show_placeholder_with_cursor = enabled;
-    }
-
     /// Get the placeholder text. An empty string means the placeholder is disabled. The default value is an empty string.
     /// ```
     /// use tui_textarea::TextArea;
diff --git a/src/widget.rs b/src/widget.rs
index 0f31e35..c0d3862 100644
--- a/src/widget.rs
+++ b/src/widget.rs
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 use crate::ratatui::buffer::Buffer;
 use crate::ratatui::layout::Rect;
-use crate::ratatui::text::Text;
+use crate::ratatui::text::{Span, Text};
 use crate::ratatui::widgets::{Paragraph, Widget};
 use crate::textarea::TextArea;
 use crate::util::num_digits;
+#[cfg(feature = "ratatui")]
+use ratatui::text::Line;
 use std::cmp;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering};
+#[cfg(feature = "tuirs")]
+use tui::text::Spans as Line;
 
 // &mut 'a (u16, u16, u16, u16) is not available since Renderer instance totally takes over the ownership of TextArea
 // instance. In the case, the TextArea instance cannot be accessed from any other objects since it is mutablly
@@ -94,6 +98,13 @@ impl<'a> Renderer<'a> {
         }
         Text::from(lines)
     }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn placeholder_text(&self) -> Text<'a> {
+        let cursor = Span::styled(" ", self.0.cursor_style);
+        let text = Span::raw(self.0.placeholder.as_str());
+        Text::from(Line::from(vec![cursor, text]))
+    }
 }
 
 impl<'a> Widget for Renderer<'a> {
@@ -120,26 +131,7 @@ impl<'a> Widget for Renderer<'a> {
         let top_col = next_scroll_top(top_col, cursor.1 as u16, width);
 
         let (text, style) = if !self.0.placeholder.is_empty() && self.0.is_empty() {
-            #[cfg(any(
-                feature = "tuirs-crossterm",
-                feature = "tuirs-termion",
-                feature = "tuirs-no-backend",
-            ))]
-            let text = Text::from(self.0.placeholder.as_str());
-
-            #[cfg(not(any(
-                feature = "tuirs-crossterm",
-                feature = "tuirs-termion",
-                feature = "tuirs-no-backend",
-            )))]
-            let text = if self.0.show_placeholder_with_cursor {
-                let mut text = self.text(top_row as usize, height as usize);
-                text.push_span(self.0.placeholder.as_str());
-                text
-            } else {
-                Text::from(self.0.placeholder.as_str())
-            };
-            (text, self.0.placeholder_style)
+            (self.placeholder_text(), self.0.placeholder_style)
         } else {
             (self.text(top_row as usize, height as usize), self.0.style())
         };