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Created April 8, 2013 11:24
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A simple fallback for HTML5 placeholders (using jQuery)
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PlaceholderFallback.js
if (!("placeholder" in document.createElement("input"))) {
$("[placeholder]").each(function () {
var placeholder = $(this).attr("placeholder");
$(this).val(placeholder).focus(function () {
if ($(this).val() === placeholder) {
$(this).val("");
}
}).blur(function () {
if ($(this).val().length === 0) {
$(this).val(placeholder);
}
});
});
}
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