Seeing as gravity forms is a forms plugin and one of the most useful attributes to appear from html 5 for inputs is the placeholder attribute. I would very much like this feature to be included.
Yes i know theres plugins that add this, but at the end of the day i think this should be in core.
Thanks for your suggestion. It's on our list of feature requests.
There is no ETA for this feature being added to Gravity Forms. It is currently available by using a 3rd party plugin like one of these:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-placeholders/
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gravity-forms-auto-placeholders/
Or there are other solutions posted on the Internet which explain how to do it with jQuery or JavaScript.
http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-add-placeholder-text-in-gravity-forms/
http://www.warrenchandler.com/2012/10/11/gravity-forms-three-handy-tips/
No ETA on including it in Gravity Forms at this time.
