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8/12/2013 - 8:13 PM

jQuery HTML5 placeholder fix.js

[jQuery HTML5 placeholder fix] #LegacyGISTS

// @via https://gist.github.com/hagenburger/379601
// Released under MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

$('[placeholder]').focus(function() {
  var input = $(this);
  if (input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
    input.val('');
    input.removeClass('placeholder');
  }
}).blur(function() {
  var input = $(this);
  if (input.val() === '' || input.val() === input.attr('placeholder')) {
    input.addClass('placeholder');
    input.val(input.attr('placeholder'));
  }
}).blur().parents('form').submit(function() {
  $(this).find('[placeholder]').each(function() {
    var input = $(this);
    if (input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
      input.val('');
    }
  })
});