html5 placeholder attribute, Example of placeholder attribute of <textarea> tag in html5

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html5 placeholder attribute, Example of placeholder attribute of <textarea> tag in html5
Posted on: September 17, 2010 at 12:00 AM

In this tutorial, We will introduce you about the placeholder attribute of the <textarea> tag in html5.

html5 placeholder attribute, Example of placeholder attribute of <textarea> tag in html5

In this tutorial, We will introduce you about the placeholder attribute of the <textarea> tag in html5. This attribute is used to specify the help tips regarding the input textarea to be filled by user. This shows the disabled text in the textarea and disappear when user focus on the textarea.

Declaration Syntax:

The attribute is used as in the <textarea> tag:

This attribute have any string value related to the help tips.

Example: placeholder_attribute.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
      <title>Example of placeholder attribute</title>
  </head>
   <body>The textarea here.<br><br>
   <form>
        <textarea rows="5" cols="30" placeholder="Enter Your Text Here">
    </textarea>
   </form>
  </body>
</html>

Output:

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Difference between html4.01 and html5

This attribute is new in the html5.

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