Bootstrap Placeholder field doesn't work?

Question

I'm using the placeholder attribute on input fields like they do in my Bootstrap examples, but it doesn't show up in my of my elements. Am I missing something? Is there some doctype that I'm missing? I'm using it like in the examples on Boostrap, seemingly a simple attribute, but nothing shows up.

<!doctype html> <!--[if lt IE 7]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8 lt-ie7" lang="en"> <![endif]--> <!--[if IE 7]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9 lt-ie8" lang="en"> <![endif]--> <!--[if IE 8]> <html class="no-js lt-ie9" lang="en"> <![endif]--> <!--[if gt IE 8]><!--> <html class="no-js" lang="en"> <!--<![endif]--> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <form class="form-search"> <input type="text" class="input-medium search-query" placeholder="Search by Tag"> <button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Search</button> </form>

This might be a silly question, but did you add the bootstrap css file ? — AwDogsGo2Heaven
– AwDogsGo2Heaven, Commented Apr 30, 2012 at 17:17
Not a silly question, and yes, everything else on the page looks fine. — bluedevil2k
– bluedevil2k, Commented Apr 30, 2012 at 17:20
Doesn't show on any browser? Which ones are you testing with? It seems alot of people have problem with placeholder on older IE browsers. — AwDogsGo2Heaven
– AwDogsGo2Heaven, Commented Apr 30, 2012 at 17:38
Any of them - FF11, newest Chrome, IE9. But it shows on the Bootstrap demo pages. That's why I think maybe it's a doctype issue? — bluedevil2k
– bluedevil2k, Commented Apr 30, 2012 at 17:43
@bluedevil2k works fine for me, can you post a link to your site or port your code to a jsfiddle.net so we can take a look? — Andres I Perez
– Andres I Perez, Commented Apr 30, 2012 at 18:04

bluedevil2k · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-11 00:52:51Z

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My stupidity is to blame as usual - I was using one of those "downloadable Bootstrap themes", and this particular theme set the placeholder to #ffffff and the background on inputs to #ffffff.

answered May 11, 2012 at 0:52

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Muhammad Over a year ago

I was facing the same problem but when i checked the theme the placeholder color was set to #ffffff. :D , Thanks

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