How do I simulate placeholder functionality on input date field? - html

Question

It's impossible to use placeholder on date fields but I really need it.
I want two date inputs with texts "From" and "To" on each one as placeholders.

Answer 1

I'm using the following CSS only trick:
input[type="date"]:before {
content: attr(placeholder) !important;
color: #aaa;
margin-right: 0.5em;
}
input[type="date"]:focus:before,
input[type="date"]:valid:before {
content: "";
}
<input type="date" placeholder="Choose a Date" />

Answer 2

use this input attribute events
onfocus="(this.type='date')" onblur="(this.type='text')"
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<div class="container mt-3">
<label for="date">Date : </label>
<input placeholder="Your Date" class="form-control" type="text" onfocus="(this.type='date')" onblur="(this.type='text')" id="date">
</div>

Answer 3

You can use CSS's before pseudo.
.dateclass {
width: 100%;
}
.dateclass.placeholderclass::before {
width: 100%;
content: attr(placeholder);
}
.dateclass.placeholderclass:hover::before {
width: 0%;
content: "";
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input
type="date"
placeholder="Please specify a date"
onClick="$(this).removeClass('placeholderclass')"
class="dateclass placeholderclass">
FIDDLE

Answer 4

You can do something like this:
<input onfocus="(this.type='date')" class="js-form-control" placeholder="Enter Date">

Answer 5

The HTML5 date input field actually does not support the attribute for placeholder. It will always be ignored by the browser, at least as per the current spec.
As noted here

Answer 6

I'm using this css method in order to simulate placeholder on the input date.
The only thing that need js is to setAttribute of the value, if using React, it works out of the box.
input[type="date"] {
position: relative;
}
input[type="date"]:before {
content: attr(placeholder);
position: absolute;
top: 0;
left: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
background: #fff;
color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65);
pointer-events: none;
line-height: 1.5;
padding: 0 0.5rem;
}
input[type="date"]:focus:before,
input[type="date"]:not([value=""]):before
{
display: none;
}
<input type="date" placeholder="Choose date" value="" onChange="this.setAttribute('value', this.value)" />

Answer 7

The input[type="date"] DOMElement only takes the following value: YYYY-MM-DD, any other format or text with be skipped.
var element = document.querySelectorAll('[placeholder]');
for (var i in element) {
if (element[i].nodeType == 1 && element[i].nodeName == "INPUT") {
element[i].value = element[i].getAttribute('placeholder');
element[i].style.color = "#777";
element[i].onfocus = function(event) {
if (this.value == this.getAttribute('placeholder')) {
this.value = "";
this.style.color = "#000"
};
};
element[i].onblur = function(event) {
if (this.value == "") {
this.value = this.getAttribute('placeholder');
this.style.color = "#777";
}
};
}
}
<input type="text" placeholder="bingo" />
<input type="date" placeholder="2013-01-25" />
In this exact case, with 2 input elements, Pure JavaScript is ~40% ± 10% faster. With 32 input elements, the difference remains the same (~43% ± 10% faster for Pure JS).

Answer 8

Got the most easiest hack for this problem-use this syntax in your HTML-input-tag
<input type="text" id="my_element_id" placeholder="select a date" name="my_element_name" onfocus="(this.type='date')" />
</div>

Answer 9

Try this:
Add a placeholder attribute to your field with the value you want, then add this jQuery:
$('[placeholder]').each(function(){
$(this).val($(this).attr('placeholder'));
}).focus(function(){
if ($(this).val() == $(this).attr('placeholder')) { $(this).val(''); }
}).blur(function(){
if ($(this).val() == '') { $(this).val($(this).attr('placeholder')); }
});
I've not tested it for fields that can't take placeholders but you shouldn't need to change anything in the code at all.
On another note, this code is also a great solution for browsers that don't support the placeholder attribute.

Answer 10

As mentionned here, I've made it work with some ":before" pseudo-class and a small bit of javascript.
Here is the idea :
#myInput:before{ content:"Date of birth"; width:100%; color:#AAA; }
#myInput:focus:before,
#myInput.not_empty:before{ content:none }
Then in javascript, add the "not_empty" class depending on the value in the onChange and onKeyUp events.
You can even add all of this dynamically on every date fields. Check my answer on the other thread for the code.
It's not perfect but it's working well in Chrome and iOS7 webviews. Maybe it could help you.

Answer 11

As i mentioned here
initially set the field type to text.
on focus change it to type date

Answer 12

just use it :
var elementDate = $('input[type="date"]');
$.each(elementDate, (key, value) => {
if (!$(value).val()) {
$(value).css("color", "#777");
}
$(value).on("focus", function (event) {
$(this).css("color", "#000");
});
$(value).on("blur", function (event) {
if (!$(this).val()) {
$(this).css("color", "#777");
}
});
});

Answer 13

Ok, so this is what I have done:
$(document).on('change','#birthday',function(){
if($('#birthday').val()!==''){
$('#birthday').addClass('hasValue');
}else{
$('#birthday').removeClass('hasValue');
}
})
This is to remove the placeholder when a value is given.
input[type="date"]:before {
content: attr(placeholder) !important;
color: #5C5C5C;
margin-right: 0.5em;
}
input[type="date"]:focus:before,
input[type="date"].hasValue:before {
content: "" !important;
margin-right: 0;
}
On focus or if .hasValue, remove the placeholder and its margin.

Answer 14

Using a jQuery (sure you can achieve this with Vanilla. This make sure the date format still the same.
$(function() {
$('.sdate').on('focus', function() {
$(this).attr('type', 'date');
});
$('.sdate').on('blur', function() {
if(!$(this).val()) { // important
$(this).attr('type', 'text');
}
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.0.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="text" class="sdate" placeholder="From">

Answer 15

CSS
input[type="date"] {position: relative;}
input[type="date"]:before {
position: absolute;left: 0px;top: 0px;
content: "Enter DOB";
color: #999;
width: 100%;line-height: 32px;
}
input[type="date"]:valid:before {display: none;}
<input type="date" required />