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<dt-option group="i18n">
	<name>language.searchPlaceholder</name>
	<summary>Search input element placeholder attribute</summary>
	<since>1.10.1</since>

	<type type="string" />
	<default value="">
		The default value for this parameter is an empty string, meaning that it will not be visible to the end user.
	</default>

	<description>
		HTML 5 introduces a [placeholder](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/HTML/Element/Input#attr-placeholder) attribute for `-tag input type="text"` elements to provide informational text for an input control when it has no value.

		This parameter can be used to set a value for the placeholder attribute in a DataTable's search input.
	</description>

	<example title="Set a placeholder"><![CDATA[
$('#example').dataTable( {
	language: {
		searchPlaceholder: "Search records"
	}
} );
]]></example>

	<example title="Search input with no label - just the placeholder"><![CDATA[
$('#example').dataTable( {
	language: {
		search: "_INPUT_",
		searchPlaceholder: "Search..."
	}
} );
]]></example>

	<related type="option">language</related>
	<related type="option">searching</related>
	<related type="option">language.search</related>
	<related type="api">search()</related>
</dt-option>