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August 28, 2012 13:57
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HTML5 Placeholder Fallback using jQuery
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| $(document).ready(function() { | |
| if ( !("placeholder" in document.createElement("input")) ) { | |
| $("input[placeholder]").each(function() { | |
| var val = $(this).attr("placeholder"); | |
| if ( this.value == "" ) { | |
| this.value = val; | |
| } | |
| $(this).focus(function() { | |
| if ( this.value == val ) { | |
| this.value = ""; | |
| } | |
| }).blur(function() { | |
| if ( $.trim(this.value) == "" ) { | |
| this.value = val; | |
| } | |
| }) | |
| }); | |
| // Clear default placeholder values on form submit | |
| $('form').submit(function() { | |
| $(this).find("input[placeholder]").each(function() { | |
| if ( this.value == $(this).attr("placeholder") ) { | |
| this.value = ""; | |
| } | |
| }); | |
| }); | |
| } | |
| }); |
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