# Is possible apply this text by configuration not by css?

**URL:** <https://community.bloomreach.com/t/is-possible-apply-this-text-by-configuration-not-by-css/2416>\
**Category:** Experience Manager (PaaS/OnPrem)\
**Created:** [February 22, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/is-possible-apply-this-text-by-configuration-not-by-css/2416 "2021-02-22T14:59:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![asanchez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/46a35a/32.png) [@asanchez](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/asanchez)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2021, 2:59pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/is-possible-apply-this-text-by-configuration-not-by-css/2416/1 "2021-02-22T14:59:43Z")

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**Author:** ![JCalcines](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/jcalcines/32/390_2.png) [@JCalcines](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/JCalcines)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2021, 12:15pm UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/is-possible-apply-this-text-by-configuration-not-by-css/2416/2 "2021-02-28T12:15:48Z")

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I’m not sure if this would answer your question, but if you use HTML5 you can use the attribute placeholder

\<input placeholder=“Placeholder”\>

[https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att\_input\_placeholder.asp](https://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_input_placeholder.asp)

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**Author:** ![jasper.floor](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/community.bloomreach.com/jasper.floor/32/28_2.png) [@jasper.floor](https://community.bloomreach.com/u/jasper.floor)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2021, 9:55am UTC](https://community.bloomreach.com/t/is-possible-apply-this-text-by-configuration-not-by-css/2416/3 "2021-03-10T09:55:14Z")

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Hi, afaik there is no official way to add a placeholder to a field. You could file an improvement ticket in our JIRA, but I cannot guarantee if it will be picked up.