2 * HTML5 placeholder emulation for jQuery plugin
4 * This will automatically use the HTML5 placeholder attribute if supported, or emulate this behavior if not.
6 * @author Trevor Parscal <tparscal@wikimedia.org>, 2012
7 * @author Krinkle <krinklemail@gmail.com>, 2012
13 $.fn.placeholder = function ( text ) {
15 return this.each( function () {
16 var placeholder, $input;
18 if ( arguments.length ) {
19 this.setAttribute( 'placeholder', text );
22 // If the HTML5 placeholder attribute is supported, use it
23 if ( this.placeholder && 'placeholder' in document.createElement( this.tagName ) ) {
27 placeholder = arguments.length ? text : this.getAttribute( 'placeholder' );
30 // Show initially, if empty
31 if ( this.value === '' || this.value === placeholder ) {
32 $input.addClass( 'placeholder' ).val( placeholder );
36 // Show on blur if empty
38 if ( this.value === '' ) {
39 this.value = placeholder;
40 $input.addClass( 'placeholder' );
45 // Also listen for other events in case $input was
46 // already focused when the events were bound
47 .on( 'focus drop keydown paste', function ( e ) {
48 if ( $input.hasClass( 'placeholder' ) ) {
49 if ( e.type === 'drop' && e.originalEvent.dataTransfer ) {
50 // Support for drag&drop. Instead of inserting the dropped
51 // text somewhere in the middle of the placeholder string,
52 // we want to set the contents of the search box to the
55 // IE wants getData( 'text' ) but Firefox wants getData( 'text/plain' )
56 // Firefox fails gracefully with an empty string, IE barfs with an error
58 // Try the Firefox way
59 this.value = e.originalEvent.dataTransfer.getData( 'text/plain' );
60 } catch ( exception ) {
61 // Got an exception, so use the IE way
62 this.value = e.originalEvent.dataTransfer.getData( 'text' );
65 // On Firefox, drop fires after the dropped text has been inserted,
66 // but on IE it fires before. If we don't prevent the default action,
67 // IE will insert the dropped text twice.
72 $input.removeClass( 'placeholder' );
76 // Blank on submit -- prevents submitting with unintended value
78 $( this.form ).submit( function () {
79 // $input.trigger( 'focus' ); would be problematic
80 // because it actually focuses $input, leading
81 // to nasty behavior in mobile browsers
82 if ( $input.hasClass( 'placeholder' ) ) {
85 .removeClass( 'placeholder' );