It seems it's a very well known problem but all the solutions I found on Google don't work on my newly downloaded IE9.  Which is your favorite way in order to enable the Placeholder property on the input and textarea tags?  Optional: I lost...

If I have an expression {{ x }} and x is undefined or null, then how can I display a placeholder for it?   I provided one solution in my answer, but I would like to know what other ways there are. Maybe, also for placeholder for promises....

I want to check if the browser who's running my page  is capable of handling the 'html 5 placeholder'  I know I can add the following javascript check:   !Modernizr.input.placeholder   but is it worth to import a library just for one chec...

The input can set the placeholder, but if the user focus on that input , the place holder is disappear, how can I dismiss the placeholder, util the user start type at less one char?? Thank you....

I am using this script : http://www.morethannothing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/placeholder.js to get some placeholders into IE. Works a treat for input types of text and password.  But just does'nt seem to load for Text Areas. Does anyone k...

I need to put a hint for a text box.I know it can be done via placeholder , but I also need to set value for the same text box (The initial value should be hidden).Is there any way to that rather than some logic?  This occurred while I am developing...

I'm currently developping a website in Drupal and i used a Javascript to replace the placeholder property in IE8-9. Here's the code :  $('input[placeholder]').focus(function() {   var input = $(this);   if (input.val() == input.attr(&...

I have a script that applies the label text as a placeholder attribute on the input, however I have one select dropdown field where i need the first option, which is currently just blank, to contain the label name. In this case region   I have though...

How can I find out if the browser supports the HTML5 placeholder tag, so I can decide whether to hook my jQuery placeholder plugin or not....

I need to test for placeholder support. The following works great in all modern browsers, as well as IE7, IE8, IE9:  $.support.placeholder = (function () {     var i = document.createElement("input");     return "placeholder" in i; }(...