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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/prototype/1.6/prototype.js"></script>
<title>Placeholder Text</title>
<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
// <![CDATA[
document.observe('dom:loaded',function(){
$$('.placeholder').each(function(elm){
if(elm.getAttribute('alt')){
var defaultText = elm.getAttribute('alt');
if(!elm.present()){
elm.setValue(defaultText);
elm.addClassName('default');
elm.observe('focus',function(evt){
if(this.value == defaultText){
this.clear();
this.removeClassName('default');
}
});
elm.observe('blur',function(evt){
if(this.value == ''){
this.setValue(defaultText);
this.addClassName('default');
}
});
}
}
});
});
// ]]>
</script>
<style type="text/css" media="screen">
.placeholder.default {
color: #aaa;
}
label {
width:112px;
font-size: 11px;
display: inline-block;
text-align: right;
padding-right: 8px;
}
.indent {
margin-left: 120px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="PageDiv">
<form action="" method="get" accept-charset="utf-8">
<p><label for="some_field">Some Field</label><input type="text" name="some_field" class="placeholder" value="" alt="Some Field" id="some_field"/></p>
<p><label for="another_field">Another Field</label><input type="text" name="another_field" class="placeholder" alt="Another Field" value="" id="another_field"/></p>
<p><input type="submit" class="indent" value="Continue"/></p>
</form>
</div>
</body>
</html>
$$('.placeholder').each(function(elm){
if(elm.getAttribute('alt')){
var defaultText = elm.getAttribute('alt');
if(!elm.present()){
elm.setValue(defaultText);
elm.addClassName('default');
elm.observe('focus',function(evt){
if(this.value == defaultText){
this.clear();
this.removeClassName('default');
}
});
elm.observe('blur',function(evt){
if(this.value == ''){
this.setValue(defaultText);
this.addClassName('default');
}
});
}
}
});
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