IE-compatible placeholder settings

 

HTML5 placeholder is not supported on IE. Solution

Add directly to the webpage

<! -- Placeholder compatible with IE -->
<SCRIPT src = "static/JS/placeholder. js"> </SCRIPT>

You can.

// JavaScript Document(function($) {    /**     * Spoofs placeholders in browsers that don‘t support them (eg Firefox 3)     *      * Copyright 2011 Dan Bentley     * Licensed under the Apache License 2.0     *     * Author: Dan Bentley [github.com/danbentley]     */    // Return if native support is available.    if ("placeholder" in document.createElement("input")) return;    $(document).ready(function(){        $(‘:input[placeholder]‘).not(‘:password‘).each(function() {            setupPlaceholder($(this));        });             $(‘:password[placeholder]‘).each(function() {            setupPasswords($(this));        });              $(‘form‘).submit(function(e) {            clearPlaceholdersBeforeSubmit($(this));        });    });    function setupPlaceholder(input) {        var placeholderText = input.attr(‘placeholder‘);        setPlaceholderOrFlagChanged(input, placeholderText);        input.focus(function(e) {            if (input.data(‘changed‘) === true) return;            if (input.val() === placeholderText) input.val(‘‘);        }).blur(function(e) {            if (input.val() === ‘‘) input.val(placeholderText);         }).change(function(e) {            input.data(‘changed‘, input.val() !== ‘‘);        });    }    function setPlaceholderOrFlagChanged(input, text) {        (input.val() === ‘‘) ? input.val(text) : input.data(‘changed‘, true);    }    function setupPasswords(input) {        var passwordPlaceholder = createPasswordPlaceholder(input);        input.after(passwordPlaceholder);        (input.val() === ‘‘) ? input.hide() : passwordPlaceholder.hide();        $(input).blur(function(e) {            if (input.val() !== ‘‘) return;            input.hide();            passwordPlaceholder.show();        });                $(passwordPlaceholder).focus(function(e) {            input.show().focus();            passwordPlaceholder.hide();        });    }    function createPasswordPlaceholder(input) {        return $(‘<input>‘).attr({            placeholder: input.attr(‘placeholder‘),            value: input.attr(‘placeholder‘),            id: input.attr(‘id‘),            readonly: true        }).addClass(input.attr(‘class‘));    }    function clearPlaceholdersBeforeSubmit(form) {        form.find(‘:input[placeholder]‘).each(function() {            if ($(this).data(‘changed‘) === true) return;            if ($(this).val() === $(this).attr(‘placeholder‘)) $(this).val(‘‘);        });    }})(jQuery);