diff --git a/src/mytinytodo.js b/src/mytinytodo.js
index 343fd42..5563e2a 100644
--- a/src/mytinytodo.js
+++ b/src/mytinytodo.js
@@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ var mytinytodo = window.mytinytodo = _mtt = {
 			if(event.keyCode == 27) {
 				$(this).val('');
 			}
+		}).focusin(function(){
+			$('#task_placeholder').removeClass('placeholding');
+		}).focusout(function(){
+			if('' == $(this).val()) $('#task_placeholder').addClass('placeholding');
 		});
 
 
diff --git a/src/themes/default/index.php b/src/themes/default/index.php
index 18cd5c1..62c8a55 100644
--- a/src/themes/default/index.php
+++ b/src/themes/default/index.php
@@ -106,7 +106,10 @@ $().ready(function(){
  <table class="mtt-taskbox"><tr><td class="mtt-tb-cell">
   <div class="mtt-tb-c">
    <form id="newtask_form" method="post">
-    <input type="text" name="task" value="" maxlength="250" id="task" autocomplete="off" />
+    <label id="task_placeholder" class="placeholding" for="task">
+     <input type="text" name="task" value="" maxlength="250" id="task" autocomplete="off" />
+     <span><?php _e('htab_newtask');?></span>
+    </label>
     <div id="newtask_submit" class="mtt-taskbox-icon mtt-icon-submittask" title="<?php _e('btn_add');?>"></div>
    </form>
   </div>
diff --git a/src/themes/default/style.css b/src/themes/default/style.css
index eda8019..c22c225 100644
--- a/src/themes/default/style.css
+++ b/src/themes/default/style.css
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ a { color:#0000ff; cursor:pointer; text-decoration:underline; }
 .mtt-taskbox td.mtt-tb-cell { padding:0px; width:350px; }
 .mtt-tb-c { position:relative; padding-left:22px; /*input padding+border*/ }
 #task { color:#444444; background:#fff; height:1.35em; padding:2px; padding-right:18px; border:1px inset #F0F0F0; width:100%; margin-left:-22px; }
+#task_placeholder span { display:none; color:#ccc; position:absolute; left:0; top:0; height:1.35em; line-height:1.35em; padding:3px; /*input top and left padding+border*/  }
+#task_placeholder.placeholding span { display:inline-block; }
 
 .mtt-taskbox-icon { width:16px; height:16px; position:absolute; top:50%; margin-top:-8px; }
 .mtt-taskbox-icon.mtt-icon-submittask { background:url(images/mzl.png) 0px -32px no-repeat; right:4px; }