Placeholder in EJ2 JavaScript OTP Input control

18 Jul 20245 minutes to read

The placeholder in OTP Input specifies the text that is shown as a hint or placeholder until the user enters a value in the input field. It acts as a guidance for the users regarding the expected input format or purpose of the input field.

You can set the placeholder text by using the placeholder property. Additionally, when providing a single character as the placeholder value all input fields within the OTP Input control will display the same character.

// Initializes the OTP Input control
var otpInput = new ej.inputs.OtpInput({
    placeholder: "x"
});

// Render initialized OTP Input.
otpInput.appendTo('#default_otp');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 - OTP Input</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />

    <!--style reference from app-->
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">

    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>

    <div id='container' style="width: 350px;">
        <div id="default_otp"></div>
    </div>

    <script>
        var ele = document.getElementById('container');
        if (ele) {
            ele.style.visibility = "visible";
        }   
    </script>
    <script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body>

</html>
#container {
  visibility: hidden;
  margin: 50px auto;
  width: 350px;
}

#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  height: 40px;
  left: 45%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  width: 30%;
}

When a placeholder with multiple placeholder characters is provided each input field will display characters from the placeholder string in sequence based on the available OTP input length.

// Initializes the OTP Input control
var otpInput = new ej.inputs.OtpInput({
    placeholder: "wxyz"
});

// Render initialized OTP Input.
otpInput.appendTo('#default_otp');
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Essential JS 2 - OTP Input</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no">
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2">
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion">
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />

    <!--style reference from app-->
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet">

    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/29.1.33/dist/ej2.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>

    <div id='container' style="width: 350px;">
        <div id="default_otp"></div>
    </div>

    <script>
        var ele = document.getElementById('container');
        if (ele) {
            ele.style.visibility = "visible";
        }   
    </script>
    <script src="index.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
</body>

</html>
#container {
  visibility: hidden;
  margin: 50px auto;
  width: 350px;
}

#loader {
  color: #008cff;
  height: 40px;
  left: 45%;
  position: absolute;
  top: 45%;
  width: 30%;
}