Top "Placeholder" questions

The HTML5 placeholder attribute specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of an input field (e.g. a sample value or a short description of the expected format).

Change an HTML5 input's placeholder color with CSS

Chrome supports the placeholder attribute on input[type=text] elements (others probably do too). But the following CSS doesn't do …

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How do I make a placeholder for a 'select' box?

I'm using placeholders for text inputs which is working out just fine. But I'd like to use a placeholder for …

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Placeholder in UITextView

My application uses an UITextView. Now I want the UITextView to have a placeholder similar to the one you can …

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Android add placeholder text to EditText

How can I add a placeholder text to EditText in the class that isn't in the XML? I have the …

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How do I auto-hide placeholder text upon focus using css or jquery?

This is done automatically for every browser except Chrome. I'm guessing I have to specifically target Chrome. Any solutions? If …

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Adding placeholder text to textbox

I am looking for a way to add placeholder text to a textbox like you can with a textbox in …

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Add placeholder text inside UITextView in Swift?

How can I add a placeholder in a UITextView, similar to the one you can set for UITextField, in Swift?

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Bootstrap select dropdown list placeholder

I am trying to make a dropdown list that contains a placeholder. It doesn't seem to support placeholder="stuff" as …

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Not showing placeholder for input type="date" field

I am doing a phonegap app. When I am trying type="date" input field as shown below, it shows date …

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Input placeholders for Internet Explorer

HTML5 introduced the placeholder attribute on input elements, which allows to display a greyed-out default text. Sadly the Internet Explorer, …

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