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| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <title>IE Placeholder Text</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <input type="text" name="myInputField" value="" placeholder="HTML5 Placeholder Text" id="myInputField"> | |
| <!--[if IE]> | |
| <script type="text/javascript"> | |
| // A no-dependancy quick and dirty method of adding basic | |
| // placeholder functionality to Internet Explorer 5.5+ | |
| // Author: Jay Williams <myd3.com> | |
| // License: MIT License | |
| // Link: https://gist.github.com/1105055 | |
| function add_placeholder (id, placeholder) | |
| { | |
| var el = document.getElementById(id); | |
| el.placeholder = placeholder; | |
| el.onfocus = function () | |
| { | |
| if(this.value == this.placeholder) | |
| { | |
| this.value = ''; | |
| el.style.cssText = ''; | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| el.onblur = function () | |
| { | |
| if(this.value.length == 0) | |
| { | |
| this.value = this.placeholder; | |
| el.style.cssText = 'color:#A9A9A9;'; | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| el.onblur(); | |
| } | |
| // Add right before </body> or inside a DOMReady wrapper | |
| add_placeholder('myInputField', 'IE Placeholder Text'); | |
| </script> | |
| <![endif]--> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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| // A no-dependancy quick and dirty method of adding basic | |
| // placeholder functionality to Internet Explorer 5.5+ | |
| // Author: Jay Williams <myd3.com> | |
| // License: MIT License | |
| // Link: https://gist.github.com/1105055 | |
| function add_placeholder (id, placeholder) | |
| { | |
| var el = document.getElementById(id); | |
| el.placeholder = placeholder; | |
| el.onfocus = function () | |
| { | |
| if(this.value == this.placeholder) | |
| { | |
| this.value = ''; | |
| el.style.cssText = ''; | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| el.onblur = function () | |
| { | |
| if(this.value.length == 0) | |
| { | |
| this.value = this.placeholder; | |
| el.style.cssText = 'color:#A9A9A9;'; | |
| } | |
| }; | |
| el.onblur(); | |
| } | |
| // Add right before </body> or inside a DOMReady wrapper | |
| add_placeholder('myInputField', 'IE Placeholder Text'); |
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