AngularJS Live Example

HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
 <label class="item-input-wrapper wm-header-color">            
            
            <i class="icon ion-ios7-search placeholder-icon wm-search-group-input"></i>
            <input 
                type="search" 
                placeholder="Search"
                ng-focus="searchFocused = true"
                ng-blur="searchFocused = false"
                ng-change="scrollTop()"
                ng-model="searchGroup"
                >
        </label>
        <button 
            class="button button-icon ion-android-close input-button"
            ng-click="switchSearch()">          
        </button>

CSS

/* do not group these rules */
*::-webkit-input-placeholder {
  color: red;
}
*:-moz-placeholder {
  color: red;
}
*:-ms-input-placeholder { /* IE10+ */
  color: red;
}

JavaScript

var fessmodule = angular.module('myModule', []);

fessmodule.controller('fessCntrl', function ($scope) {
    $scope.showMe = function(){
      return true;
    }
    
});

fessmodule.$inject = ['$scope'];