diff --git a/frontend/src/app/features/work-packages/components/wp-table/configuration-modal/tabs/highlighting-tab.component.html b/frontend/src/app/features/work-packages/components/wp-table/configuration-modal/tabs/highlighting-tab.component.html
index 46c1afd94e..ef785e7df1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/app/features/work-packages/components/wp-table/configuration-modal/tabs/highlighting-tab.component.html
+++ b/frontend/src/app/features/work-packages/components/wp-table/configuration-modal/tabs/highlighting-tab.component.html
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
                      class="form--select-field -multi-select"
                      bindLabel="name"
                      name="highlighting_attributes"
+                     placeholder="{{ text.highlighting_mode.inline_all_attributes }}"
                      appendTo="body">
           </ng-select>
         </div>