getByPlaceholder — fill by placeholder text — Playwright Snippet

Playwrightselectorsbeginnerv1.20+

getByPlaceholder — fill by placeholder text

Locate an input by its placeholder attribute — useful for search bars and inline forms without visible labels.

1test('searches using the placeholder-located input', async ({ page }) => {
2  await page.goto('/library');
3
4  // getByPlaceholder is ideal when there is no visible <label>
5  await page.getByPlaceholder('Search snippets...').fill('playwright drag');
6  await page.getByPlaceholder('Search snippets...').press('Enter');
7
8  await expect(page.getByTestId('results-list')).toBeVisible();
9});

#getByPlaceholder#placeholder#search#input