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HTML

<div class="editable" data-placeholder="my placeholder">
    <input type="text" value="my Text" />
</div>

CSS

body, input
{
    font-family: arial;
    font-size: 14px;
}
.editable
{
    position: relative;
    border: 1px solid gray;
    padding: 3px;
    background-color: white;
    box-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,0.4) 2px 2px 2px inset;
}

.editable > input
{
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
    border: none;
    background-color: transparent;
    box-shadow: none;
    width: 100%;
}

.editable::after
{
    position: absolute;
    left: 4px;
    top: 5px;
    content: attr(data-placeholder);
    pointer-events: none;
    opacity: 0.5;
    z-index: 1;
}