title: MVC5 Text Box Input Mask With Placeholder
body: <p>I'm trying to implement an Input Mask to force a two character entry. If the field is empty, I would like to display a placeholder. This works fine with fields that I do not mask the input, but it does not seem to work with masked inputs. Any other solutions? Here is a snippet of the field:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;dd style="display: none" id="stateEditor"&gt;@Html.TextBoxFor(Model =&gt; Model.State, new { mask = "aa", htmlAttributes = new { placeholder = "NJ" } })&lt;/dd&gt;
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  <p>Any tips would be appreciated.</p>