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How to display a short hint that describes the expected value of the element in HTML?

Use the placeholder attribute in HTML to display a hint describing the expected value of the element.

Example

You can try to run the following code to implement placeholder attribute −

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
   <body>
      <h2>Login</h2>
      <form action = "/new.php">
         <input type = "text" placeholder = "Student UserName" name = "name"/><br>
         <input type = "password" placeholder = "Password" name = "password"> <br><br>
         <input type = "submit" value = "Submit">
      </form>
   </body>
</html>