jquery-placehold

A jQuery plugin that enables the HTML5 placeholder attribute in browsers lacking native support.

Requirements

• jQuery (1.11.2 or newer)
• Firefox < 3.7, Safari < 4, Internet Explorer < 10

Usage

In your HTML:

<input placeholder="[phone]">
<textarea placeholder="Four score and seven years ago…"></textarea>

In your JavaScript:

$().ready( function() {
	$('input, textarea').placehold('placeholderClassName');
});

placeholderClassName is an optional string and defaults to "placeholder."

License

The jQuery placehold plugin is licensed under the GNU General Public License, version 2.