freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Add Placeholder Text to a Text Field

Add Placeholder Text to a Text Field


Problem Explanation

placeholder is an attribute, not a tag. It can be used together with the attribute text of the input tag to create a text to visualize when the input box is empty.

 <input type=text placeholder="This is a placeholder text">

If you’re stuck check for these issues:

  • you should add the placeholder attribute to the input tag already present in the code without removing anything; if by accident you removed or modified something remember that you can restart with a clean code by clicking reset all code button
  • the syntax is the same of every attribute: <tag attributeName="attributeValue" > and the value to insert is indicated by the challenge’s instructions (check for typos).

Good luck!

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Hi, anyone who can tell how to add the placeholder in to url ?? my project kinda not working. thanks!

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hope that will help!
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I too have a same prblm
unable to add attribute to placeholder text
anyone who have worked it out please reply…

I have written the exactly samething u have written but it’s still not working…

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<input type="text> deleted that. and let’s put <input type=“text” placeholder="cat photo URL > and done !

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<input type="text" placeholder="cat photo url">

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