diff --git a/docs/src/demos/Experiments/Placeholder/extension/placeholder.ts b/docs/src/demos/Experiments/Placeholder/extension/placeholder.ts
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index 00000000..a26207e9
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+++ b/docs/src/demos/Experiments/Placeholder/extension/placeholder.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { Extension } from '@tiptap/core'
+import { Decoration, DecorationSet } from 'prosemirror-view'
+import { Plugin } from 'prosemirror-state'
+
+export interface PlaceholderOptions {
+  emptyEditorClass: string,
+  emptyNodeClass: string,
+  placeholder: string | Function,
+  showOnlyWhenEditable: boolean,
+  showOnlyCurrent: boolean,
+}
+
+export default Extension.create({
+  name: 'placeholder',
+
+  defaultOptions: <PlaceholderOptions>{
+    emptyEditorClass: 'is-editor-empty',
+    emptyNodeClass: 'is-empty',
+    placeholder: 'Write something …',
+    showOnlyWhenEditable: true,
+    showOnlyCurrent: true,
+  },
+
+  addProseMirrorPlugins() {
+    return [
+      new Plugin({
+        props: {
+          decorations: ({ doc, selection }) => {
+            const active = this.editor.isEditable || !this.options.showOnlyWhenEditable
+            const { anchor } = selection
+            const decorations: Decoration[] = []
+            const isEditorEmpty = doc.textContent.length === 0
+
+            if (!active) {
+              return
+            }
+
+            doc.descendants((node, pos) => {
+              const hasAnchor = anchor >= pos && anchor <= (pos + node.nodeSize)
+              const isNodeEmpty = node.content.size === 0
+
+              if ((hasAnchor || !this.options.showOnlyCurrent) && isNodeEmpty) {
+                const classes = [this.options.emptyNodeClass]
+
+                if (isEditorEmpty) {
+                  classes.push(this.options.emptyEditorClass)
+                }
+
+                const decoration = Decoration.node(pos, pos + node.nodeSize, {
+                  class: classes.join(' '),
+                  'data-empty-text': typeof this.options.placeholder === 'function'
+                    ? this.options.placeholder(node)
+                    : this.options.placeholder,
+                })
+                decorations.push(decoration)
+              }
+
+              return false
+            })
+
+            return DecorationSet.create(doc, decorations)
+          },
+        },
+      }),
+    ]
+  },
+})
diff --git a/docs/src/demos/Experiments/Placeholder/index.vue b/docs/src/demos/Experiments/Placeholder/index.vue
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index 00000000..ee22bdd6
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+++ b/docs/src/demos/Experiments/Placeholder/index.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<template>
+  <editor-content :editor="editor" />
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import { Editor, EditorContent } from '@tiptap/vue-starter-kit'
+import Document from '@tiptap/extension-document'
+import Paragraph from '@tiptap/extension-paragraph'
+import Text from '@tiptap/extension-text'
+import Placeholder from './extension/placeholder'
+
+export default {
+  components: {
+    EditorContent,
+  },
+
+  data() {
+    return {
+      editor: null,
+    }
+  },
+
+  mounted() {
+    this.editor = new Editor({
+      extensions: [
+        Document,
+        Paragraph,
+        Text,
+        Placeholder,
+      ],
+    })
+  },
+
+  beforeDestroy() {
+    this.editor.destroy()
+  },
+}
+</script>
+
+<style lang="scss">
+/* Basic editor styles */
+.ProseMirror {
+  > * + * {
+    margin-top: 0.75em;
+  }
+}
+
+/* Placeholder */
+.ProseMirror p.is-editor-empty:first-child::before {
+  content: attr(data-empty-text);
+  float: left;
+  color: #ced4da;
+  pointer-events: none;
+  height: 0;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/docs/src/docPages/experiments.md b/docs/src/docPages/experiments.md
index 89d5f090..d529d93e 100644
--- a/docs/src/docPages/experiments.md
+++ b/docs/src/docPages/experiments.md
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ Congratulations! You’ve found our secret playground with a list of experiments
 * [Commands](/experiments/commands)
 
 ## Waiting for approval
-–
+* [Placeholder](/experiments/placeholder)
diff --git a/docs/src/docPages/experiments/placeholder.md b/docs/src/docPages/experiments/placeholder.md
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index 00000000..fe2e669f
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+++ b/docs/src/docPages/experiments/placeholder.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Placeholder
+
+⚠️ Experiment
+
+<demo name="Experiments/Placeholder" highlight="" />