How to add placeholder attribute to JSF input component?

Question

Shouldn\'t this line of code render a inputtext field with the placeholder text \"fill me\" when using html5?

Answer 1

You can achieve it either with placeholder attribute or with p:watermark if using Primefaces and JSF 2.0+ or, when JSF 2.2 available, you can use pt:placeholder attribute.

Primefaces

Legacy browser support (Adds JS solution):

JSF 2.2 (without PF)

Which basically generates an HTML 5

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