JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<input value="digite aqui" type="text" id="el" />
JavaScript
var input = document.querySelector('input');
var accoes = {
onblur: "if(this.value == '') {this.value = 'digite aqui';}",
onfocus: "if(this.value == 'digite aqui') {this.value = '';}"
}
for (var prop in accoes) {
input.setAttribute(prop, accoes[prop]);
}