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February 22, 2010 19:21
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jQuery fallback implementation of HTML5 placeholder attribute
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| if(!jQuery('<input PLACEHOLDER="1" />')[0].placeholder){ //Uppercase attr for IE | |
| jQuery(':input[placeholder]').each(function(){ | |
| var $this = $(this); | |
| if(!$this.val()){ | |
| $this.val($this.attr('placeholder')); | |
| $this.addClass('input-placeholder'); | |
| } | |
| }).live('focus', function(e){ | |
| var $this = $(this); | |
| if($this.hasClass('input-placeholder')){ | |
| $this.val(''); | |
| $this.removeClass('input-placeholder') | |
| } | |
| }).live('blur', function(e){ | |
| var $this = $(this); | |
| if(!$this.val()){ | |
| $this.addClass('input-placeholder'); | |
| $this.val($this.attr('placeholder')); | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| } |
This doesn't work if you submit the form with no entered values. Should reset when submitting form.
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Thanks for the great script!
One issue I found was with FireFox is that it retains the placeholder text after a page refresh, as if it were something the user entered. Adding this line after var$this = $ (this) should fix it:
if( $this.val() == $this.attr('placeholder') ) {$this.val('');}