Ruby on Rails How do I add placeholder text to a f text field

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How can I add placeholder text to my f text field fields so that the text comes pre-written by default  and when a user click inside the fields  the text goes away - allowing the user to type in the new text

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I tried the solutions above and it looks like on rails 5   the second agument by default is the value of the input form  what worked for me was   text field tag  attr      placeholder   placeholder text

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Here is a much cleaner syntax if using rails 4    lt    f text field  attr  placeholder   placeholder text    gt    So rails 4  can now use this syntax instead of the hash syntax

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With rails    3 0  you can simply use the placeholder option   f text field  attr  placeholder   placeholder text

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In your view template  set a default value   f text field  password   value   gt   password    In your Javascript  assuming jquery here      document  ready function         add a handler to remove the text

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In Rails 4 Using HAML     f text field  first name  class   form-control   autofocus  true  placeholder   First Name

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For those using Rails 4 2  Internationalization  I18n    Set the placeholder attribute to true   f text field  attr  placeholder  true   and in your local file  ie  en yml    en    helpers      placeholder        model name          attr   some placeholder text

[ruby-on-rails] Ruby on Rails: How do I add placeholder text to a f.text_field?

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