What is the best way to label placeholder call-to-actions?

1. What is a placeholder label?
2. How to show placeholder using CSS?
3. Should placeholders be capitalized?
4. How to get placeholder value in JavaScript?

What is a placeholder label?

Labels and Placeholders

Labels tell users what information belongs in a given form field and are usually positioned outside the form field. Placeholder text, located inside a form field, is an additional hint, description, or example of the information required for a particular field.

How to show placeholder using CSS?

Use the ::placeholder pseudo-element to style your placeholder text in an <input> or <textarea> form element. Most modern browsers support this, but for older browsers, vendor prefixes will be required.

Should placeholders be capitalized?

Use lowercase letters except when showing a multiple-word placeholder. To show a multiple-word placeholder, don't separate the words with spaces or symbols. To distinguish the words in the placeholder, capitalize the first letter of each word after the first word (called camelCase). Don't capitalize the first word.

How to get placeholder value in JavaScript?

//Test if Placeholders are supported var test = document. createElement("input"); if ("placeholder" in test) var testholder = true; else var testholder = false; //Fix unsupported placeholders function placeHolder(id) var demo = document. getElementById(id); demo. className = "fix-hint"; demo.