Question

I need help changing the placeholder value on a input field with javascript, preferably JQuery.

<input id="someinput" value="" placeholder="Change This With JS" type="text">

Answer 1

demo like this: http://jsfiddle.net/qcNFF/ ?

Good read: http://api.jquery.com/prop/

code

$(function() {
    alert(' Before change => ' + $('#someinput').prop('placeholder'));
    $('#someinput').prop('placeholder', "text changed- hulk");
    alert(' After change => ' + $('#someinput').prop('placeholder'));
});​