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
HTML
# dom-input-placeholder

Browser compatibility

See also