'Show placeholder text for input type date

Placeholder does not work for input type date and datetime-local directly.

<input type="date" placeholder="Date" />
<input type="datetime-local" placeholder="Date" />

Instead the field shows mm/dd/yyy on desktop and nothing on mobile.

How can I show the Date placeholder text?

htmldateplaceholder


Solution 1:[1]

use onfocus="(this.type='date')", example:

<input required="" type="text" class="form-control" placeholder="Date" onfocus="(this.type='date')"/>

Solution 2:[2]

use onfocus and onblur... Here it's an example:

<input type="text" placeholder="Birth Date" onfocus="(this.type='date')" onblur="if(this.value==''){this.type='text'}">

Solution 3:[3]

Here, I have tried data attribute in input element. and applied required placeholder using CSS

<input type="date" name="dob" data-placeholder="Date of birth" required aria-required="true" />


    input[type="date"]::before { 
    	content: attr(data-placeholder);
    	width: 100%;
    }
    
    /* hide our custom/fake placeholder text when in focus to show the default
     * 'mm/dd/yyyy' value and when valid to show the users' date of birth value.
     */
    input[type="date"]:focus::before,
    input[type="date"]:valid::before { display: none }
<input type="date" name="dob" data-placeholder="Date of birth" required aria-required="true" />

Hope this helps

Solution 4:[4]

<input type="text" placeholder="*To Date" onfocus="(this.type='date')" onblur="(this.type='text')" >

This code works for me. Simply you can use this

Solution 5:[5]

For angular 2,You can use this directive

import {Directive, ElementRef, HostListener} from '@angular/core';

@Directive({
  selector: '[appDateClick]'
})
export class DateClickDirective {
  @HostListener('focus') onMouseFocus() {
    this.el.nativeElement.type = 'date';
    setTimeout(()=>{this.el.nativeElement.click()},2);
  }

  @HostListener('blur') onMouseBlur() {
    if(this.el.nativeElement.value == ""){
      this.el.nativeElement.type = 'text';
    }
  }


  constructor(private el:ElementRef) { }

}

and use it like below.

 <input appDateClick name="targetDate" placeholder="buton name" type="text">

Solution 6:[6]

Modern browsers use a Shadow DOM to facilitate input of dates and datetimes. As a result, placeholder text is not shown unless the browser chooses to fallback to a text input for whatever reason. You can accommodate both scenarios with the following logic:

::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator {
  @apply hidden; /* hide native picker icon */
}

input[type^='date']:not(:placeholder-shown) {
  @apply before:content-[attr(placeholder)];
  @apply sm:after:content-[attr(placeholder)] sm:before:hidden;
}

input[type^='date']::after,
input[type^='date']::before {
  @apply text-gray-500;
}

I've used Tailwind CSS syntax because it's easy to grok. Let's break it down piece by piece:

::-webkit-calendar-picker-indicator {
  @apply hidden; /* hide native picker icon */
}

Hide native picker icon (generally a calendar) using its Shadow DOM pseudo-element selector.

input[type^='date']:not(:placeholder-shown) {
  @apply before:content-[attr(placeholder)];
  @apply sm:after:content-[attr(placeholder)] sm:before:hidden;
}

Select all date and datetime-local inputs where placeholder is not shown and:

  • Show the input placeholder text using the ::before pseudo-element by default
  • On small screens and above switch to using the ::after pseudo-element instead
input[type^='date']::after,
input[type^='date']::before {
  @apply text-gray-500;
}

Style the ::before and ::after pseudo-elements.

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Solution 1 Elyor
Solution 2 Leandro Da Silva
Solution 3 Rohan Khude
Solution 4 Ajinz
Solution 5
Solution 6 vhs

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