To set a placeholder value for the input type date in HTML5, use the placeholder attribute. The placeholder attribute doesn’t work well with input type “date.” Use onfocus="(this.type='date')" for a custom placeholder, enabling a date selection dropdown.
Syntax:
onfocus="(this.type='date')"Example 1: In this example, we are shown how to set placeholder value for input type date.
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
<title>
Placeholder value for
input type="Date"
</title>
</head>
<body style="text-align:center;">
<h1 style="color:green;">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h4>Placeholder value for input type="Date"</h4>
<!-- using onfocus="(this.type='date')" -->
Starting Date:
<input type="text" placeholder="MM/DD/YYYY"
onfocus="(this.type='date')">
<!-- Not using onfocus="(this.type='date')" -->
Ending Date:
<input type="text" placeholder="MM/DD/YYYY">
</body>
</html>
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Output:
Note: After clicking on the left field, we get the dd/mm/yyyy box, and we get the calendar drop-down menu after clicking on it again. This is because the input box is actually a “text” input, but on clicking on it (i.e. focusing on it), we get the data type input. But the right field is a normal text input field.
Example 2: When you lose focus on the date the date field changes back to a text field.
<!DOCTYPE html><html>
<head>
<title>
Placeholder value for input type="Date"
</title>
</head>
<body style="text-align:center;">
<h1 style="color:green;">GeeksforGeeks</h1>
<h4>Placeholder value for input type="Date"</h4>
<!-- using onfocus="(this.type='date')" -->
Starting Date:
<input type="text" placeholder="MM/DD/YYYY"
onfocus="(this.type='date')"
onblur="(this.type='text')">
<!-- Not using onfocus="(this.type='date')" -->
Ending Date:
<input type="text" placeholder="MM/DD/YYYY">
</body>
</html>
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Output:
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As we can see, we can modify the placeholder text as needed. On one click, we get the standard date input field, and we can enter the date:
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After entering the date, it looks as follows:
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Upon losing focus, it changes back to a text field due to the onblur event we have introduced:
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