21286 2008-10-01 15:37:04 -0700 placeholder attribute should apply to all focusable nodes that take text input 2017-07-18 08:29:58 -0700 1 1 1 Unclassified WebKit HTML Editing 528+ (Nightly build) PC OS X 10.5 NEW P2 Normal --- 1 ojan webkit-unassigned adele cmarcelo rniwa oldest_to_newest 93615 0 ojan 2008-10-01 15:37:04 -0700 The ones that come to mind that are missing right now: 1. textareas 2. contentEditable nodes 3. the body element when designMode is on In cases 2 and 3, it would be great if the placeholder text could be HTML and be CSS styleable. 93617 1 adele 2008-10-01 15:41:05 -0700 Ojan and I talked about this earlier today. I think this is a good idea, and could replace a lot of JS that web authors have to write to get this behavior. We should consider reorganizing the code so that maybe HTMLInputElement, HTMLTextAreaElement, and other editable elements can inherit from some common class. 93619 2 hyatt 2008-10-01 15:47:31 -0700 It's a good idea, but we really need to be proposing this to HTML5 before we extend placeholder further IMO. 613963 3 rniwa 2012-05-01 22:01:10 -0700 I've taken the liberty of posting this proposal on whatwg: http://lists.whatwg.org/pipermail/whatwg-whatwg.org/2012-May/035615.html