How to create a Placeholder Input using jQuery Mobile ?

Last Updated : 17 Dec, 2020

jQuery Mobile is a web based technology used to make responsive content that can be accessed on all smartphones, tablets and desktops. In this article, we will be creating a Placeholder Input using jQuery Mobile.

Approach: Add jQuery Mobile scripts needed for your project.

<link rel=”stylesheet” href=”http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css” />
<script src=”http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js”></script>
<script src=”http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js”></script>

Example: We will create a Placeholder Input Area using jQuery Mobile. We use placeholder=”value” attribute to set the value of placeholder.

HTML

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href= 
"http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.css" /> 
  
    <script src= 
        "http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.1.min.js"> 
    </script> 
  
    <script src= 
"http://code.jquery.com/mobile/1.4.5/jquery.mobile-1.4.5.min.js"> 
    </script> 
</head> 
  
<body> 
    <center> 
        <h1>GeeksforGeeks</h1> 
  
        <h4> 
            Design a Placeholder Input using jQuery Mobile 
        </h4> 
  
        <form style="width: 50%;"> 
            <label for="EmailInput1"> 
                Email Input Area: 
            </label> 
            <input type="email" data-clear-btn="false" 
                name="EmailInput1" id="EmailInput1" 
                value="" placeholder="Enter Email..."> 
  
            <label for="EmailInput2"> 
                Email Input Area with clear Button 
            </label> 
            <input type="email" data-clear-btn="true" 
                name="EmailInput2" id="EmailInput2" 
                value="" placeholder="Enter Email..."> 
  
            <label for="password-1"> 
                Password Input Area: 
            </label> 
            <input type="password" data-clear-btn="false"
                name="password-1" id="password-1" 
                value="" placeholder="Enter Password..."> 
  
            <label for="password-2"> 
                Password Input Area with clear Button: 
            </label> 
            <input type="password" data-clear-btn="true"
                name="password-2" id="password-2" 
                value="" placeholder="Enter Password..."> 
        </form> 
    </center> 
</body> 
  
</html>