How can I put a placeholder in a struts2 textfield tag?

html, java, placeholder, struts2

Solution

I had the same problem and I solved it like this:

<s:textfield name="user.email" placeholder="%{getText('settings.email')}" />

I needed up update both my Struts 2 and OGNL jars. My OGNL jar is `ognl-3.0.5.jar`.

Problem

I'm using struts2 tags and want to put a placeholder in a `<s:textfield>` tag like this: ``` <s:set name="email" value="getText('email')" /> ... <s:form action="Login"> <s:textfield key="email" theme="simple" placeholder="%{email}" cssClass="span3"/> ... </s:form> ``` `email` is defined in `global.properties` as "Correo electrónico" . My problem is that when I see the jsp page, instead of seeing the value of `email` I see `%{email}`. I read that it was a bug of Struts2 solved in version 2.3.1 here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/WW-3644, but I'm using Struts2 2.3.4 and I keep having the same problem. Anyone knows any solution to this problem or any other way for putting the placeholder in the textfield?

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