From edeacea8ea03c940e297aa183da23308bcc1e6c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: seaznCode <alexander.atmn@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:57:10 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] feat: update signature placeholder in preview to provide
 user-friendly message

---
 controller/documentTemplate/DocumentTemplateController.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/controller/documentTemplate/DocumentTemplateController.js b/controller/documentTemplate/DocumentTemplateController.js
index efb38ac..db7a056 100644
--- a/controller/documentTemplate/DocumentTemplateController.js
+++ b/controller/documentTemplate/DocumentTemplateController.js
@@ -1587,8 +1587,8 @@ exports.previewLatestForMe = async (req, res) => {
       html = html.replace(new RegExp(`{{\s*${k}\s*}}`, 'g'), String(v ?? ''));
     });
 
-    // Strip signature placeholder in preview (not signed yet)
-    html = html.replace(/{{\s*signatureImage\s*}}/g, '');
+    // Show a friendly placeholder for signature in preview (not signed yet)
+    html = html.replace(/{{\s*signatureImage\s*}}/g, 'Your signature will appear here');
 
     // Remove any remaining placeholders except stamp/signature markers
     html = sanitizePlaceholders(html, ['companyStamp','companyStampInline','companyStampSmall','profitplanetSignature']);