HTML DOM Input Email placeholder Property

HTML Web Development Front End Technology

The HTML DOM Input Email placeholder property sets/returns a string generally used to give hints to user of what the input text will look like.

Syntax

Following is the syntax −

Returning string value

inputEmailObject.placeholder

Setting placeholder to stringValue

inputEmailObject.placeholder = stringValue

Example

Let us see an example of Input Email placeholder property −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Input Email placeholder</title>
<style>
   form {
      width:70%;
      margin: 0 auto;
      text-align: center;
   }
   * {
      padding: 2px;
      margin:5px;
   }
   input[type="button"] {
      border-radius: 10px;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<fieldset>
<legend>Email-placeholder</legend>
<label for="EmailSelect">Employee ID :
<input type="email" id="EmailSelect">
</label>
<input type="button" value="What details should be entered?" onclick="setPlaceholder()">
<div id="divDisplay"></div>
</fieldset>
</form>
<script>
   var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
   var inputEmail = document.getElementById("EmailSelect");
   function setPlaceholder() {
      inputEmail.placeholder = 'Name-ID@MNC.com';
      divDisplay.textContent = inputEmail.placeholder+' --> Replace Name & ID by details provided.';
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>