placeholder Tests

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Type	Expected Behavior	Chrome 17.0.963.79	Chrome (Canary) 19.0.1065.0	Firefox 10.0	Firefox (Nightly) 13.0	Safari 5.1.2	Opera 11.61	Internet Explorer 9.0.8112.16421	Internet Explorer 10.0.8102.0	iOS 5.0 (9A334)
Keeps placeholder until user enters a non-empty value	Optional	Implemented	Implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Implemented	Not implemented	N/A	Not implemented	Implemented
input type="text"	Expected	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Not implemented	Implemented	Implemented
input type="search"	Expected	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Element not available^2.	Implemented	Implemented
input type="password"	Expected Placeholder text should show as plaintext.	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Not implemented	Implemented	Implemented
input type="tel"	Expected	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Element not available^2.	Implemented	Implemented
input type="url"	Expected	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Element not available^2.	Implemented	Implemented
input type="email"	Expected	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Element not available^2.	Implemented	Implemented
input type="datetime"	Invalid	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Not implemented	Not implemented	Element not available^2.	Element not available^1.	Not implemented
input type="date"	Invalid	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Not implemented	Not implemented	Element not available^2.	Element not available^1.	Not implemented
input type="month"	Invalid	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Not implemented	Not implemented	Element not available^2.	Element not available^1.	Not implemented
input type="week"	Invalid	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Not implemented	Not implemented	Element not available^2.	Element not available^1.	Not implemented
input type="time"	Invalid	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Not implemented	Not implemented	Element not available^2.	Element not available^1.	Not implemented
input type="datetime-local"	Invalid	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Not implemented	Not implemented	Element not available^2.	Element not available^1.	Not implemented
input type="number"	Expected	Implemented	Implemented	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Not implemented	Implemented	Element not available^2.	Not implemented	Implemented
input type="range"	Invalid	N/A	N/A	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	N/A	N/A	Element not available^2.	N/A	Not implemented
input type="color"	Invalid	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^1.	Element not available^2.	Not implemented	Element not available^1.	Element not available^2.	Element not available^2.
input type="checkbox"	Invalid	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
input type="radio"	Invalid	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
input type="hidden"	Invalid	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
input type="file"	Invalid	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented
input type="submit"	Invalid	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
input type="image"	Invalid	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
input type="reset"	Invalid	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
textarea	Expected	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Implemented	Not implemented	Implemented	Implemented
select	Invalid	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented
contenteditable	Invalid	Not implemented, #21286	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented	Not implemented
placeholder does not submit with form	Expected	Implemented	Implemented					N/A		Implemented
placeholder resets with form reset	Expected	Implemented	Implemented					N/A		Implemented

Notes:

Element was not implemented by the browser, so it falls back to input type="text" which should work in all browsers that are supported by the placeholder.
Element was not implemented by the browser and it falls back to input type="text" but placeholder does not work.

With help from Mike Taylr's HTML5 inputs and attribute support.