diff --git a/src/app/stories/template/detail.html b/src/app/stories/template/detail.html
index 0fdea493..2325ac95 100644
--- a/src/app/stories/template/detail.html
+++ b/src/app/stories/template/detail.html
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@
                 empty-disabled-prompt="Not assigned."
                 maxlength="255"
                 as-inline="false"
+                placeholder="Enter task name"
                 />
     </td>
     <td class="col-xs-1">
@@ -496,6 +497,7 @@
                 empty-prompt="Click to assign."
                 empty-disabled-prompt="Not assigned."
                 as-inline="false"
+                placeholder="Enter project name"
                 />
     </td>
     <td class="col-xs-2">
@@ -507,6 +509,7 @@
                 empty-prompt="Click to assign."
                 empty-disabled-prompt="Not assigned."
                 as-inline="false"
+                placeholder="Assign user to task"
                 />
     </td>
     <td class="text-center col-xs-1">
diff --git a/src/app/util/directive/input_inline.js b/src/app/util/directive/input_inline.js
index c615af24..b7a145b3 100644
--- a/src/app/util/directive/input_inline.js
+++ b/src/app/util/directive/input_inline.js
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ angular.module('sb.util').directive('inputInline',
                 onChange: '&',
                 emptyPrompt: '@',
                 emptyDisabledPrompt: '@',
-                maxLength: '='
+                maxLength: '=',
+                placeholder: '@placeholder'
             },
             link: function ($scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {
                 /**
diff --git a/src/app/util/directive/project_typeahead.js b/src/app/util/directive/project_typeahead.js
index b76bdba6..2af919d2 100644
--- a/src/app/util/directive/project_typeahead.js
+++ b/src/app/util/directive/project_typeahead.js
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ angular.module('sb.util').directive('projectTypeahead',
                 autoFocus: '=',
                 onChange: '&',
                 emptyPrompt: '@',
-                emptyDisabledPrompt: '@'
+                emptyDisabledPrompt: '@',
+                placeholder: '@placeholder'
             },
             link: function ($scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {
                 /**
diff --git a/src/app/util/directive/user_typeahead.js b/src/app/util/directive/user_typeahead.js
index 65dce9c1..8531f473 100644
--- a/src/app/util/directive/user_typeahead.js
+++ b/src/app/util/directive/user_typeahead.js
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ angular.module('sb.util').directive('userTypeahead',
                 onBlur: '&',
                 onFocus: '&',
                 emptyPrompt: '@',
-                emptyDisabledPrompt: '@'
+                emptyDisabledPrompt: '@',
+                placeholder: '@placeholder'
             },
             link: function ($scope, element, attrs, ngModel) {
                 /**
diff --git a/src/app/util/template/input_inline.html b/src/app/util/template/input_inline.html
index 51c77754..da787ab9 100644
--- a/src/app/util/template/input_inline.html
+++ b/src/app/util/template/input_inline.html
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 
 <div class="form-group"
      ng-if="!enabled || !showForm">
-
     <p class="form-control-static">
         <a href=""
            ng-focus="toggleForm()"
@@ -36,4 +35,5 @@
        focus="autoFocus"
        ng-blur="onInputBlur(inputText)"
        ng-model="inputText"
+       placeholder="{{placeholder}}"
        maxlength="{{maxLength}}"/>
diff --git a/src/app/util/template/project_typeahead.html b/src/app/util/template/project_typeahead.html
index a26c6091..7f39e6c2 100644
--- a/src/app/util/template/project_typeahead.html
+++ b/src/app/util/template/project_typeahead.html
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
            typeahead-loading="loadingProjects"
            typeahead-input-formatter="formatProjectName($model)"
            typeahead-on-select="updateViewValue($model.id);"
+           placeholder="{{placeholder}}"
            ng-model="selectedProject"/>
 
     <span class="form-control-feedback text-muted">
diff --git a/src/app/util/template/user_typeahead.html b/src/app/util/template/user_typeahead.html
index f3a22db6..cf7619f0 100644
--- a/src/app/util/template/user_typeahead.html
+++ b/src/app/util/template/user_typeahead.html
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
            typeahead-loading="loadingUsers"
            typeahead-input-formatter="formatUserName($model)"
            typeahead-on-select="updateViewValue($model.id);"
+           placeholder="{{placeholder}}"
            ng-model="selectedUser"/>
 
     <span class="form-control-feedback text-muted">