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A very short polyfill for IE placeholders. It's not meant to be perfect, but it is tiny and takes care of the most important use case for placeholders: to give additional info about how to fill it out. Requires jquery.
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| /** POLYFILL FOR IE PLACEHOLDER **/ | |
| $(document).ready(function(){ | |
| if(!('placeholder' in document.createElement('input'))){ | |
| $('input[placeholder]').each(function(){ | |
| if(this.value == ''){ | |
| var $el = $(this); | |
| $el.bind('click', function(ev){ $(ev.target).unbind('click'); ev.target.value = ''; }); | |
| $el.val($el.attr('placeholder')); | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| }); |
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| <!-- Use placeholders as you normally would --> | |
| <input type="text" name="example" placeholder="This is just an example"> |
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