I have a email form text box that while it is empty I would like it to have the value "E-Mail" And when you click on it the text goes away. If someone clicks on it and doesn't enter text. on Blur I would like for it to return to having the default text.
I have been trying a few things but nothing is working. Could someone please point me in the right direction?
Or you could just use the placeholder html5 attribute:
<input type="text" id="keyword" name="keyword" placeholder="Type keyword here" />
it goes something like this
$('#yourElement').focus(function(){
//Check val for email
if($(this).val() == 'E-Mail'){
$(this).val('');
}
}).blur(function(){
//check for empty input
if($(this).val() == ''){
$(this).val('E-Mail');
}
});
you can use the placeholder attribute and then us this jquery as backup for IE
<input type="text" id="keyword" name="keyword" placeholder="The watermark" value='The watermark' class="watermark"/>
$(document).ready(function () {
$('.watermark').focus(function () {
if ($(this).val() == $(this).attr('placeholder')) {
$(this).val('');
}
}).blur(function () {
if ($(this).val() == '') {
$(this).val($(this).attr('placeholder'));
}
});
});
It's pretty straightforward. Just erase the value onfocus, and then (if the value is still empty) refill it onblur.
Call the below function and pass it two args: slightLabel(jQuery('#email_field'), 'email');
function slightLabel(input, text) {
jQuery(input).val(text);
jQuery(input).data('defaultText', text);
jQuery(input).focus(function(){
if(!jQuery(this).data('touched'))
{
jQuery(this).data('touched', true);
jQuery(input).val('');
}
});
// the part to restore the original text in
jQuery(input).blur(function(){
if(jQuery(this).val() == '')
{
jQuery(this).val(jQuery(this).data('defaultText'));
}
});
}
You could use one of the watermark plugins of jquery that do just that. I use a watermark plugin that has the following code
$.fn.watermark = function (c, t) {
var e = function (e) {
var i = $(this);
if (!i.val()) {
var w = t || i.attr('title'), $c = $($("<div />").append(i.clone()).html().replace(/type=\"?password\"?/, 'type="text"')).val(w).addClass(c);
i.replaceWith($c);
$c.focus(function () {
$c.replaceWith(i); setTimeout(function () { i.focus(); }, 1);
})
.change(function (e) {
i.val($c.val()); $c.val(w); i.val() && $c.replaceWith(i);
})
.closest('form').submit(function () {
$c.replaceWith(i);
});
}
};
return $(this).live('blur change', e).change();
};
Callable in jquery by setting the class of the input textbox to watermark like this
<input type="text" id="keyword" name="keyword" class="watermark" style="width: 250px"
title="Type keyword here" />
The title is what will be displayed in the watermark.
Use this Jquery-placeholder plugin
Using this plugin makes it possible to also use the placeholder attribute in non HTML5 capable browsers.
