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queryByPlaceholderText

queryByPlaceholderText looks for an element whose placeholder attribute matches the given text. It returns null when no element matches and throws when more than one matches.

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Syntax

queryByPlaceholderText(container: HTMLElement, text: TextMatch, options?: { exact?: boolean; normalizer?: NormalizerFn }): HTMLElement | null

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Source: ByPlaceholderText | Testing Library. Checked 2026-11-03.