diff --git a/administrator/components/com_categories/layouts/joomla/form/field/categoryedit.php b/administrator/components/com_categories/layouts/joomla/form/field/categoryedit.php
index 1d82b5c2dc209..1884156330c3c 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_categories/layouts/joomla/form/field/categoryedit.php
+++ b/administrator/components/com_categories/layouts/joomla/form/field/categoryedit.php
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@
}
$attr2 .= !empty($class) ? ' class="' . $class . '"' : '';
-$attr2 .= ' search-placeholder="' . $this->escape(Text::_('JGLOBAL_TYPE_OR_SELECT_CATEGORY')) . '" ';
+
+$placeholder = $this->escape(Text::_('JGLOBAL_TYPE_OR_SELECT_CATEGORY'));
+
+$attr2 .= ' placeholder="' . $placeholder . '" ';
+$attr2 .= ' search-placeholder="' . $placeholder . '" ';
if ($allowCustom)
{
diff --git a/administrator/components/com_fields/forms/field.xml b/administrator/components/com_fields/forms/field.xml
index 521ae2dcca7be..33eeb377735d2 100644
--- a/administrator/components/com_fields/forms/field.xml
+++ b/administrator/components/com_fields/forms/field.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
multiple="true"
addfieldprefix="Joomla\Component\Categories\Administrator\Field"
>
-
+