diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
index b1289512f4f..09dd69074d8 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/js/view_form.js
@@ -1827,7 +1827,6 @@ instance.web.form.FieldChar = instance.web.form.AbstractField.extend(_.extend({}
     init: function (field_manager, node) {
         this._super(field_manager, node);
         this.password = this.node.attrs.password === 'True' || this.node.attrs.password === '1';
-        this.placeholder = this.node.attrs.placeholder || '';
     },
     initialize_content: function() {
         var self = this;
diff --git a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
index 6c540fd6957..65be05e3d34 100644
--- a/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
+++ b/addons/web/static/src/xml/base.xml
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@
                 t-att-tabindex="widget.node.attrs.tabindex"
                 t-att-autofocus="widget.node.attrs.autofocus"
                 t-attf-class="field_char #{widget.is_field_number ? 'oe-number' : ''}"
-                t-att-placeholder="widget.placeholder"
+                t-att-placeholder="widget.node.attrs.placeholder"
             /><img class="oe_field_translate oe_input_icon" t-if="widget.field.translate" t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/icons/terp-translate.png"' width="16" height="16" border="0"/>
         </div>
     </t>
@@ -934,6 +934,7 @@
                     t-att-id="widget.id_for_label"
                     t-att-tabindex="widget.node.attrs.tabindex"
                     t-att-autofocus="widget.node.attrs.autofocus"
+                    t-att-placeholder="widget.node.attrs.placeholder"
                 />
             </td>
             <td width="16">
@@ -959,6 +960,7 @@
                     t-att-id="widget.id_for_label"
                     t-att-tabindex="widget.node.attrs.tabindex"
                     t-att-autofocus="widget.node.attrs.autofocus"
+                    t-att-placeholder="widget.node.attrs.placeholder"
                 />
             </td>
             <td width="16">
@@ -982,6 +984,7 @@
             class="field_text"
             t-att-tabindex="widget.node.attrs.tabindex"
             t-att-autofocus="widget.node.attrs.autofocus"
+            t-att-placeholder="widget.node.attrs.placeholder"
         ></textarea>
         <img class="oe_field_translate oe_input_icon" t-if="widget.field.translate"
             t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/icons/terp-translate.png"' width="16" height="16" border="0"/>
@@ -992,6 +995,7 @@
         <input type="text" class="oe_datepicker_container" disabled="disabled" style="display: none;"/>
         <input type="text"
             t-att-name="widget.name"
+            t-att-placeholder="widget.getParent().node.attrs.placeholder"
             t-attf-class="oe_datepicker_master field_#{widget.type_of_date} oe_form_field_#{widget.type_of_date}"
         /><img class="oe_input_icon oe_datepicker_trigger" t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/ui/field_calendar.png"'
              title="Select date" width="16" height="16" border="0"/>
@@ -1024,6 +1028,7 @@
                     t-att-id="widget.id_for_label"
                     t-att-tabindex="widget.node.attrs.tabindex"
                     t-att-autofocus="widget.node.attrs.autofocus"
+                    t-att-placeholder="widget.node.attrs.placeholder"
                 />
                 <span class="oe-m2o-drop-down-button">
                     <img t-att-src='_s + "/web/static/src/img/down-arrow.png"' /></span>