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Change placeholder text to red onclick

I have this form and would like the placeholder text to turn red when my button is clicked. I have JS code but it doesn't seem to change the color when my button us clicked. Thoughts?

<form>
         <input id="red-border-error" class="test-form-1" type="text" name="url" placeholder="yourstorehere.com">
        <input class="test-button-1" type="submit" value="BUTTON"></input>
    </form> 

Javascript

    document.getElementById("url-30").addEventListener("submit", (event) => {
            event.preventDefault()
            let errorMessage = document.getElementById("red-border-error").placeholder = "Type your store URL here";
            let myForm = document.getElementById("url");
            let formData = new FormData(myForm);
            if (formData.get("urlName") === "") {
            document.getElementById("red-border-error").style.borderColor = "red";
            document.getElementById("red-border-error").placeholder.style.color = "red";
            return errorMessage;
            }
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="./styles.css" />
    <title>Document</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <form action="submit">
      <input type="text" placeholder="placeholder" class="input" />
      <button class="btn">click</button>
    </form>

    <script src="./app.js"></script>
  </body>
</html>

.input-active::placeholder {
  color: red;
}

const button = document.querySelector('.btn');
const input = document.querySelector('.input');
const form = document.querySelector('form');
form.addEventListener('submit', (e) => {
  e.preventDefault();
});

button.addEventListener('click', (e) => {
  e.preventDefault();
  input.classList.add('input-active');
});

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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