Custom placeholder

http://stackoverflow.com/a/22655903/949476

by dfsq

HTML

<div class="placeholder-wrap">
    <input type="text" name="userName" />
    <span class="placeholder">
        This is a <b class="important">placeholder</b> long text goes here
    </span>
</div>

CSS

.placeholder-wrap {
    margin: 20px;
    display: inline-block;
    position: relative;
    background: #FFF;
}
.placeholder-wrap .placeholder {
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    left: 5px;
    color: #888;
    margin-top: -.5em;
    line-height: 1em;
    z-index: 9;
    overflow: hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
    width: 100%;
}
.placeholder-wrap input {
    background-color: transparent;
    border: 1px #999 solid;
    padding: 4px 6px;
    position: relative;
    z-index: 10;
}
.placeholder-wrap input:focus + .placeholder {
    display: none;
}



body {
    background: #EEE;
}
.important {
    color: brown;
}