Created attachment 243317 [details] Screenshot The placeholder should disappear on focus. It stays around until a character is typed.
This does now match Yosemite, so I guess that is when it changed. But the insertion bar is hidden behind the first letter in the placeholder.
I believe this matches system behavior (Mac OS X), but the appearance is certainly broken: (1) the Placeholder text is vertically off center (too high) (2) the Placeholder text is horizontally off, it overlaps the blinking caret, it should be moved over. Compare to <input placeholder="No Properties">.
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Created attachment 245987 [details] Patch
Created attachment 245988 [details] Animated GIF with the patch applied
Comment on attachment 245987 [details] Patch Clearing flags on attachment: 245987 Committed r179636: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/179636>
All reviewed patches have been landed. Closing bug.
*** Bug 144028 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***