How can I put a placeholder in a struts textfield tag?

Question

i got error because am using placeholder attribute in struts tags....

<html:text property="name" styleClass="form-control" placeholder="some text"/>

how can resolve the problem,pls help me.

Thanks in Advance.

There is no placeholder tag in struts.use HTML5 input type tag instead. — dev, Nov 26 '13 at 06:23
@KannanPriya You can use simple HTML. No need to add anything extra. — Paul Vargas, Nov 26 '13 at 19:54

score 15 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 04 '13 at 20:26

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Use jQuery attr like below:

<html:text property="name" styleClass="form-control" styleId="abc" />

JavaScript code:

$(function() {
    $("#abc").attr("placeholder", "some text");
});

edited Dec 04 '13 at 20:26

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answered Nov 26 '13 at 06:24

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Paul Vargas · Answer 2 · 2013-12-04T20:25:06.583

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Just replace:

<html:text property="name" styleClass="form-control" placeholder="some text" />

With:

<input type="text" name="property" class="form-control" placeholder="some text"
                             │
                             └─── Form property ────┐
                                                    │
       value="<bean:write name="name" property="property" />" />
                                  │                
               Name of form-bean ─┘

The value of the attribute name must match the property of your form to trip in the request.

edited Dec 04 '13 at 20:25

answered Nov 26 '13 at 19:52

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Replacing the struts html tag with normal html tag will result in Struts provided default functionalities(i18n and many more) will be lost. – Ajay Takur Oct 29 '16 at 10:11

Saif Asif · Answer 3 · 2013-11-26T06:18:19.487

There is a placeholder attribute in struts tags as well called placeholder

<s:form action="Welcome">
  <s:textfield name="username" label="Username" placeholder="Enter Your Name" />
  <s:password name="password" label="Password" placeholder="Password"/>
  <s:submit/>
</s:form>

Edit

There isn't an attribute with the name placeholder (sorry for the confusion), but if you type in placeholder like my code sample, the struts form will be evaluated as below

<form id="Welcome" name="Welcome" action="/User/Welcome.action" method="post">
  <input type="text" name="username" value="" id="Welcome_username" placeholder="Enter your Name">
  <input type="password" name="password" id="Welcome_password" placeholder="Password">
</form>

If you notice, the placeholder attribute renders up just fine with the complete form

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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You can try with jQuery to add this attribute when document gets ready:

<html:text property="name" styleClass="form-control" styleId="xyz" />

then try adding this jquery:

$(function(){
    $(':input').each(function(){
       $(this).attr("placeholder", this.id);
    });
});

or this answer could help you.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:29

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answered Nov 26 '13 at 06:21

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score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Sep 09 '14 at 06:54

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A simple alternative using javascript event is as follows :

<html:text property="username" value="Username" onclick="this.value=''" />

edited Sep 09 '14 at 06:54

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answered Sep 09 '14 at 06:53

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How can I put a placeholder in a struts textfield tag?

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