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<html><body><input type="search" id="mySearch" placeholder="Search for something.."><p>Click the button to display the placeholder text of the search field.</p><button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button><p id="demo"></p><script> function myFunction() { var x = document.getElementById("mySearch").placeholder; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; }</script></body><!-- /jsref/tryit.asp?filename=tryjsref_search_placeholder2 </html>