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label-to-placeholder.js
$('form input:text').each(function(index, elem) {
var eId = $(elem).attr('id');
var label = null;
if (eId && (label = $(elem).parents('form').find('label[for='+eId.replace(':', '\\:')+']')).length === 1) {
$(elem).attr('placeholder', $(label).html().replace(/<\/?[^>]+(>|$)/g, ""));
$(label).addClass('hide-label');
}
});
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ProxiBlue commented Aug 24, 2018 •
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Adjust to only find text fields, and to escpae fields that contain ':' in field name (example Magento has billing:firstname)
Also strips any HTML from label (spans that designate * (required))

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