Peter Kionga-Kamau Mugane
makeusabrew
/ label-to-placeholder.js
Created
May 22, 2011 18:32
Simple jQuery snippet to convert form labels into inline placeholders
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| $("form :input").each(function(index, elem) { | |
| var eId = $(elem).attr("id"); | |
| var label = null; | |
| if (eId && (label = $(elem).parents("form").find("label[for="+eId+"]")).length == 1) { | |
| $(elem).attr("placeholder", $(label).html()); | |
| $(label).remove(); | |
| } | |
| }); |