Eli Van Zoeren elivz
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/ jquery.simple-placeholder.min.js
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December 11, 2015 11:28
Handy plugin that takes a simpler approach to tackling placeholder attribute support in older browsers. If you have a lot of logic & validation occuring on form submit, existing plugins can struggle to behave themselves. Instead of attempting to simulate the placeholder text inline with the input like most plugins, this simply creates a text nod…
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| /** | |
| * Simple Placeholder Fallback | |
| * | |
| * A simpler and more robust method for adding fallback input placeholder support for | |
| * browsers that dont support the attribute. No value spoofing, hidden input creation | |
| * or other crazy methods. Simply appends the placeholder text after the input as help | |
| * text. | |
| * | |
| * Simple & works with even the craziest validation and form submission logic, which is where | |
| * the other techniques struggle. |