Comments on: jQuery Placeholder Fallback

By: rommel

rommel — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:05:34 +0000

Hi Paul- Thanks for pointing out this issue. I’m kind of surprised I overlooked that obvious requirement. I’ve added a fix to the code above. Thanks!

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:46:33 +0000

sorry, already figured it out. for anyone else interested:

add:

if ($ip.val() != “”) { $sp.hide(); }

right before the line with comment:
// if the input is starting out hidden, hide the placeholder

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:30:06 +0000

I’m using this in a .net application. on postback the input already has text in it, but your label still shows too. how can I adjust your above code to first test to see if the input has a value, and if so, don’t show the placeholder label?

By: rommel

rommel — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 23:07:26 +0000

Do you happen to have an example of this in action? I’ve tested in IE7, IE8, and IE9, but have not been able to replicate the issue you described.

Thanks for the feedback.

By: Niceoutput

Niceoutput — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 22:59:33 +0000

This solution unfortunately causes extra vertical space in the html document in all ie versions. works well in ff, safari, chrome and opera, but not in ie.