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Placeholder

configuration

The hint displayed by the widget when it is empty. Not set by default.

String

Default: ""

<input id="autocomplete" />
<script>
$("#autocomplete").kendoAutoComplete({
  placeholder: "Enter value ..."
});
</script>

The Kendo UI AutoComplete widget could also use the value of the placeholder HTML attribute as hint.

<input id="autocomplete" placeholder="Enter value..." />
<script>
$("#autocomplete").kendoAutoComplete();
</script>