diff --git a/populate/src/main/resources/seed/portals/demo/studies/heartdemo/surveys/massachusettsSurvey.json b/populate/src/main/resources/seed/portals/demo/studies/heartdemo/surveys/massachusettsSurvey.json
index 7fdcf7ed7..a567cf221 100644
--- a/populate/src/main/resources/seed/portals/demo/studies/heartdemo/surveys/massachusettsSurvey.json
+++ b/populate/src/main/resources/seed/portals/demo/studies/heartdemo/surveys/massachusettsSurvey.json
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
                     "en": "What did you study at MIT?",
                     "es": "¿Qué estudiaste en MIT?"
                 },
-                "otherPlaceHolder": {
+                "otherPlaceholder": {
                     "en": "Your major",
                     "es": "Tu especialidad"
                 }
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
                     "en": "What did you study at Harvard?",
                     "es": "¿Qué estudiaste en Harvard?"
                   },
-                  "otherPlaceHolder": {
+                  "otherPlaceholder": {
                     "en": "Your major",
                     "es": "Tu especialidad"
                   }
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
                     "en": "What did you study at Northeastern?",
                     "es": "¿Qué estudiaste en Northeastern?"
                 },
-                "otherPlaceHolder": {
+                "otherPlaceholder": {
                     "en": "Your major",
                     "es": "Tu especialidad"
                 }
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
                     "en": "What did you study at Boston University?",
                     "es": "¿Qué estudiaste en Boston University?"
                 },
-                "otherPlaceHolder": {
+                "otherPlaceholder": {
                     "en": "Your major",
                     "es": "Tu especialidad"
                 }
diff --git a/ui-core/src/surveyjs/checkbox-multiple-other.tsx b/ui-core/src/surveyjs/checkbox-multiple-other.tsx
index 85f65cb2f..5c0ec3a7f 100644
--- a/ui-core/src/surveyjs/checkbox-multiple-other.tsx
+++ b/ui-core/src/surveyjs/checkbox-multiple-other.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 /**
- * A SurveyJS question that renders a multiple selection combobox.
- * This provides similar functionality as the "tagbox" in https://github.com/surveyjs/custom-widgets.
- * However, this virtualizes the options list to support mahy more
- * options while remaining performant.
+ * A SurveyJS custom renderer for checkboxes that includes an "other" text input
+ * for each choice that has a `jsonObj.otherStableId` property.
  */
 import {
   ReactQuestionFactory,
@@ -48,14 +46,14 @@ type Choice = ItemValue & {
 }
 
 
-const OtherTextbox = ({ stableId, title, value, onChange }: {
+const OtherTextbox = ({ stableId, title, value, onChange, placeholder }: {
   stableId: string
   title?: string
   placeholder?: string
   value: string
   onChange: (value: string) => void
 }) => {
-  const [otherValue, setOtherValue] = React.useState(value)
+  const [otherValue, setOtherValue] = React.useState(value || '')
 
   return <div className="my-1">
     {!isEmpty(title) && <label htmlFor={stableId} className="h6 fw-semibold d-block">
@@ -67,6 +65,7 @@ const OtherTextbox = ({ stableId, title, value, onChange }: {
       className='sd-input sd-text'
       value={otherValue}
       aria-label={title}
+      placeholder={placeholder}
       onChange={e => {
         onChange(e.target.value)
         setOtherValue(e.target.value)
@@ -79,12 +78,14 @@ export class SurveyQuestionCheckboxMultipleOther extends SurveyQuestionCheckbox
   protected renderItem(item: Choice, isFirst: boolean, cssClasses: string, index?: string): JSX.Element {
     const otherStableId = item!.jsonObj!.otherStableId
     const otherText = item.jsonObj.otherText
+    const otherPlaceholder = item.jsonObj.otherPlaceholder
 
-    return <>
+    return <React.Fragment key={index}>
       {super.renderItem(item, isFirst, cssClasses, index)}
       {this.question.isItemSelected(item)
-        && otherStableId && this.renderOtherItem(otherStableId, otherText)}
-    </>
+        && otherStableId
+        && this.renderOtherItem(otherStableId, otherText, otherPlaceholder)}
+    </React.Fragment>
   }
 
   protected renderOtherItem(