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HTMLInputElement: placeholder property - Web APIs | MDN
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HTMLInputElement: placeholder property
Baseline
Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The placeholder property of the HTMLInputElement interface represents a hint to the user of what can be entered in the control. It reflects the <input> element's placeholder attribute.
Value
A string.
Examples
js
const inputElement = document.getElementById("phone");
console.log(input.placeholder);
Specifications
| Specification |
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| HTML # dom-input-placeholder |
Browser compatibility
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See also
<input>HTMLInputElement.value::placeholderpseudo-element:placeholder-shownpseudo-class