Get the placeholder text of a password field:
var x = document.getElementById("myPassword").placeholder;
Click the button to display the placeholder text of the password field.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> Password: <input type="password" id="myPsw" placeholder="Your password"> <button onclick="myFunction()">Test</button> <p id="demo"></p> <script> function myFunction() {/*w w w .jav a 2 s . c o m*/ var x = document.getElementById("myPsw").placeholder; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = x; } </script> </body> </html>