Placeholder for contenteditable div

Question

I have the following: FIDDLE

The placeholder works fine and dandy until you type something, ctrl + A, and delete. If you do that, th

Answer 1

I've created a live demo: "Placeholder for content-editable divs", by HTML & CSS.
Also, Codepen: https://codepen.io/fritx/pen/NZpbqW
Ref: https://github.com/fritx/vue-at/issues/39#issuecomment-504412421

.editor {
  border: solid 1px gray;
  width: 300px;
  height: 100px;
  padding: 6px;
  overflow: scroll;
}
[contenteditable][placeholder]:empty:before {
  content: attr(placeholder);
  position: absolute;
  color: gray;
  background-color: transparent;
}