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title: SIGN BUTLER V2 – SIGN_PLACEHOLDER ConfigType with PDF Butler
description: "The best practice when the PDF is generated with PDF Butler is to use the SIGN_PLACEHOLDER ConfigType. This ConfigType will automatically add the SIGN Butler signature placeholder and has many useful features like an auto-counter to add the correct placeholder…"
url: "https://pdfbutler.com/academy/sign-butler-academy/sign-butler-v2/sign-butler-v2-sign_placeholder-configtype-with-pdf-butler/"
updated: "2026-01-12"
category: SIGN BUTLER V2
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# SIGN BUTLER V2 – SIGN_PLACEHOLDER ConfigType with PDF Butler

The best practice when the PDF is generated with PDF Butler is to use the SIGN_PLACEHOLDER ConfigType. This ConfigType will automatically add the SIGN Butler signature placeholder and has many useful features like an auto-counter to add the correct placeholder when you have multiple signers and process them in a loop eg Table or TableRow

Here is an overview of the usage:

1. In this example i have a top-level SIGN_PLACEHOLDER ConfigType that will get the number 1 automatically. If there are more SIGN_PLACEHOLDER ConfigTypes, then the next one will receive number 2
2. There is a SIGN_PLACEHOLDER ConfigType that is a child of a TABLE_ROW and will repeat for each record in the LIST DataSource
3. For my ConfigType, select type "SIGN_PLACEHOLDER"
4. If you want to re-start the numbering from 1, use "-1" here. Remember that in this example, there was already a SIGN_PLACEHOLDER ConfigType and if I do not reset, it will continue counting with Signer 2
5. There are multiple sizes in which you can show the signature placeholder: 100%, 75%, 50% or 25%

![](https://pdfbutler.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/SIGN_PLACEHOLDER-ConfigType-1024x498.png)