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Created July 5, 2011 09:35
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Quick fix for the HTML5 placeholder="" attribute using jQuery & Modernizr
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placeholde.js
if (!Modernizr.input.placeholder) {
$("input").each(function(){
if ($(this).val() == "" && $(this).attr("placeholder") != "") {
$(this).val($(this).attr("placeholder"));
$(this).focus(function(){
if ($(this).val() == $(this).attr("placeholder")) $(this).val("");
}); // focus
$(this).blur(function(){
if ($(this).val() == "") $(this).val($(this).attr("placeholder"));
}); // blur
} // if
}); // each
} // if
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