How to support placeholder attribute in IE8 and 9 - html

Question

I have a small issue, the placeholder attribute for input boxes is not supported in IE 8-9.
What is the best way to make this support in my project (ASP Net). I am using jQuery.
Need I use some other external tools for it?
Is http://www.hagenburger.net/BLOG/HTML5-Input-Placeholder-Fix-With-jQuery.html a good solution?

Answer 1

You could use this jQuery plugin:
https://github.com/mathiasbynens/jquery-placeholder
But your link seems to be also a good solution.

Answer 2

You can use any one of these polyfills:
https://github.com/jamesallardice/Placeholders.js (doesn't support password fields)
https://github.com/chemerisuk/better-placeholder-polyfill
These scripts will add support for the placeholder attribute in browsers that do not support it, and they do not require jQuery!

Answer 3

the $.Browser.msie is not on the latest JQuery anymore...
you have to use the $.support
like below:
<script>
(function ($) {
$.support.placeholder = ('placeholder' in document.createElement('input'));
})(jQuery);
//fix for IE7 and IE8
$(function () {
if (!$.support.placeholder) {
$("[placeholder]").focus(function () {
if ($(this).val() == $(this).attr("placeholder")) $(this).val("");
}).blur(function () {
if ($(this).val() == "") $(this).val($(this).attr("placeholder"));
}).blur();
$("[placeholder]").parents("form").submit(function () {
$(this).find('[placeholder]').each(function() {
if ($(this).val() == $(this).attr("placeholder")) {
$(this).val("");
}
});
});
}
});
</script>

Answer 4

if you use jquery you can do like this. from this site Placeholder with Jquery
$('[placeholder]').parents('form').submit(function() {
$(this).find('[placeholder]').each(function() {
var input = $(this);
if (input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
input.val('');
}
})
});
these are the alternate links
Placeholder jquery library
HTML5 polyfills -- go for placeholder section

Answer 5

I had compatibility issues with several plugins I tried, this seems to me to be the simplest way of supporting placeholders on text inputs:
function placeholders(){
//On Focus
$(":text").focus(function(){
//Check to see if the user has modified the input, if not then remove the placeholder text
if($(this).val() == $(this).attr("placeholder")){
$(this).val("");
}
});
//On Blur
$(":text").blur(function(){
//Check to see if the use has modified the input, if not then populate the placeholder back into the input
if( $(this).val() == ""){
$(this).val($(this).attr("placeholder"));
}
});
}

Answer 6

$(function(){
if($.browser.msie && $.browser.version <= 9){
$("[placeholder]").focus(function(){
if($(this).val()==$(this).attr("placeholder")) $(this).val("");
}).blur(function(){
if($(this).val()=="") $(this).val($(this).attr("placeholder"));
}).blur();
$("[placeholder]").parents("form").submit(function() {
$(this).find('[placeholder]').each(function() {
if ($(this).val() == $(this).attr("placeholder")) {
$(this).val("");
}
})
});
}
});
try this

Answer 7

I use thisone, it's only Javascript.
I simply have an input element with a value, and when the user clicks on the input element, it changes it to an input element without a value.
You can easily change the color of the text using CSS. The color of the placeholder is the color in the id #IEinput, and the color your typed text will be is the color in the id #email. Don't use getElementsByClassName, because the versions of IE that don't support a placeholder, don't support getElementsByClassName either!
You can use a placeholder in a password input by setting the type of the original password input to text.
Tinker: http://tinker.io/4f7c5/1
- JSfiddle servers are down!
*sorry for my bad english
JAVASCRIPT
function removeValue() {
document.getElementById('mailcontainer')
.innerHTML = "<input id=\"email\" type=\"text\" name=\"mail\">";
document.getElementById('email').focus(); }
HTML
<span id="mailcontainer">
<input id="IEinput" onfocus="removeValue()" type="text" name="mail" value="mail">
</span>

Answer 8

For others landing here. This is what worked for me:
//jquery polyfill for showing place holders in IE9
$('[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();
$('[placeholder]').parents('form').submit(function() {
$(this).find('[placeholder]').each(function() {
var input = $(this);
if (input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
input.val('');
}
})
});
Just add this in you script.js file.
Courtesy of http://www.hagenburger.net/BLOG/HTML5-Input-Placeholder-Fix-With-jQuery.html

Answer 9

Since most solutions uses jQuery or are not this satisfying as I wished it to be I wrote a snippet for myself for mootools.
function fix_placeholder(container){
if(container == null) container = document.body;
if(!('placeholder' in document.createElement('input'))){
var inputs = container.getElements('input');
Array.each(inputs, function(input){
var type = input.get('type');
if(type == 'text' || type == 'password'){
var placeholder = input.get('placeholder');
input.set('value', placeholder);
input.addClass('__placeholder');
if(!input.hasEvent('focus', placeholder_focus)){
input.addEvent('focus', placeholder_focus);
}
if(!input.hasEvent('blur', placeholder_blur)){
input.addEvent('blur', placeholder_blur);
}
}
});
}
}
function placeholder_focus(){
var input = $(this);
if(input.get('class').contains('__placeholder') || input.get('value') == ''){
input.removeClass('__placeholder');
input.set('value', '');
}
}
function placeholder_blur(){
var input = $(this);
if(input.get('value') == ''){
input.addClass('__placeholder');
input.set('value', input.get('placeholder'));
}
}
I confess that it looks a bit more MORE than others but it works fine.
__placeholder is a ccs-class to make the color of the placeholder text fancy.
I used the fix_placeholder in window.addEvent('domready', ... and for any additinally added code like popups.
Hope you like it.
Kind regards.

Answer 10

I used the code of this link
http://dipaksblogonline.blogspot.com/2012/02/html5-placeholder-in-ie7-and-ie8-fixed.html
But in browser detection I used:
if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE') > -1) {
//Your placeholder support code here...
}

Answer 11

<input type="text" name="Name" value="Name" onfocus="this.value = ''" onblur=" if(this.value = '') { value = 'Name'}" />

Answer 12

Add the below code and it will be done.
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.google.com/p/jquery-placeholder-js/source/browse/trunk/jquery.placeholder.1.3.min.js?r=6"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
// Mock client code for testing purpose
$(function(){
// Client should be able to add another change event to the textfield
$("input[name='input1']").blur(function(){ alert("Custom event triggered."); });
// Client should be able to set the field's styles, without affecting place holder
$("textarea[name='input4']").css("color", "red");
// Initialize placeholder
$.Placeholder.init();
// or try initialize with parameter
//$.Placeholder.init({ color : 'rgb(255, 255, 0)' });
// call this before form submit if you are submitting by JS
//$.Placeholder.cleanBeforeSubmit();
});
</script>
Download the full code and demo from https://code.google.com/p/jquery-placeholder-js/downloads/detail?name=jquery.placeholder.1.3.zip

Answer 13

Here is a javascript function that will create placeholders for IE 8 and below and it works for passwords as well:
/* Function to add placeholders to form elements on IE 8 and below */
function add_placeholders(fm) {
for (var e = 0; e < document.fm.elements.length; e++) {
if (fm.elements[e].placeholder != undefined &&
document.createElement("input").placeholder == undefined) { // IE 8 and below
fm.elements[e].style.background = "transparent";
var el = document.createElement("span");
el.innerHTML = fm.elements[e].placeholder;
el.style.position = "absolute";
el.style.padding = "2px;";
el.style.zIndex = "-1";
el.style.color = "#999999";
fm.elements[e].parentNode.insertBefore(el, fm.elements[e]);
fm.elements[e].onfocus = function() {
this.style.background = "yellow";
}
fm.elements[e].onblur = function() {
if (this.value == "") this.style.background = "transparent";
else this.style.background = "white";
}
}
}
}
add_placeholders(document.getElementById('fm'))
<form id="fm">
<input type="text" name="email" placeholder="Email">
<input type="password" name="password" placeholder="Password">
<textarea name="description" placeholder="Description"></textarea>
</form>

Answer 14

<script>
if ($.browser.msie) {
$('input[placeholder]').each(function() {
var input = $(this);
$(input).val(input.attr('placeholder'));
$(input).focus(function() {
if (input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
input.val('');
}
});
$(input).blur(function() {
if (input.val() == '' || input.val() == input.attr('placeholder')) {
input.val(input.attr('placeholder'));
}
});
});
}
;
</script>