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Asked: 2026-05-27T04:11:52+00:00

I want to use the HTML5 placeholder attribute in my code if the user’s

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I want to use the HTML5 "placeholder" attribute in my code if the user’s browser supports it otherwise just print the field name on top of the form. But I only want to check whether placeholder is supported and not what version/name of browser the user is using.

So Ideally i would want to do something like

    <body>

     <script>

           if (placeholderIsNotSupported) {
             <b>Username</b>;
           } 
      </script>
    <input type = "text" placeholder ="Username">
</body>

Except Im not sure of the javascript bit. Help is appreciated!

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  1. Editorial Team
    function placeholderIsSupported() {
    var test = document.createElement('input');
    return ('placeholder' in test);
}

    I used a jQuery-ized version as a starting point. (Just giving credit where it’s due.)

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