Javascript DOM HTML Input URL placeholder Property get

Introduction

Get the placeholder text of a URL field: 

var x = document.getElementById("myURL").placeholder;

Click the button to display the placeholder text of the URL field.

elements with type="url" are not supported in Safari.

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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

Homepage: <input type="url" id="myURL" placeholder="Address of web site">
<button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button>
<p id="demo"></p>

<script>
function myFunction() {/* w w w  . jav  a 2s.c  o  m*/
  var x = document.getElementById("myURL").placeholder;
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>



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