Hi I have created a form on my website. I am using placeholder="Full Name" but nothing is showing up in the form when viewed in IE8 (and probably other IE versions)
I have tried using value="" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Full Name') {this.value = '';}" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Full Name';}" but the form is still empty. For some reason 'Full Name' shows up when you click on the form, then off it.
The website I am working on is [usspcatalystcentre.org.uk][1] and you can see what I mean. The first two forms (Title & Full Name) is where I have tried using
value="" onfocus="if (this.value == 'Full Name') {this.value = '';}" onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'Full Name';}"
The rest of the form are where I have just used placeholder
Here is the actual code I am working on
<form action="contact.php" method="post">
<input id=title name=title type=text value="" onfocus="if(this.value=='Username') this.value='';" onblur="if(this.value=='') this.value='Username';" required class="top-formfields" value='<?php print $_SESSION['title']?>'> <br /><br />
<input id=fullname name=fullname type=text value="" onfocus="if(this.value=='Full Name') this.value='';" onblur="if(this.value=='') this.value='Full Name';" required class="top-formfields" value='<?php print $_SESSION['fullname']?>'> <br /><br />
<input id=companyname name=companyname type=text placeholder="Company Name" required class="top-formfields" value='<?php print $_SESSION['companyname']?>'> <br /><br />
<input id=companynumber name=companynumber type=text placeholder="Company Registered Number" required class="top-formfields" value='<?php print $_SESSION['companynumber']?>'> <br /><br />
<textarea id=address name=address rows=5 placeholder="Address" required class="top-textarea"><?php print $_SESSION['address']?></textarea> <br /><br />
<input id=postcode name=postcode type=text placeholder="Post Code" required class="top-formfields" value='<?php print $_SESSION['postcode']?>'> <br /><br />
<input id=phonenumber name=phonenumber type=text placeholder="Phone Number" required class="top-formfields" value='<?php print $_SESSION['phonenumber']?>'> <br /><br />
<input id=email name=email type=text placeholder="Email" required class="top-formfields" value='<?php print $_SESSION['email']?>'> <br /><br />
<input id=mobile name=mobile type=text placeholder="Mobile" required class="top-formfields" value='<?php print $_SESSION['mobile']?>'> <br /><br />
<input id=website name=website type=text placeholder="Website URL" required class="top-formfields" value='<?php print $_SESSION['website']?>'> <br /><br />
Thanks in advance, Tom
The placeholder attribute is a new HTML5 improvement. It's not supported in older IE-s -
http://diveintohtml5.info/forms.html
To mimic it cross-browser you might want to use jQuery - example
IE-9 do not support place holder so the first solution that come up in my mind is this.
good luck!
<script type="text/javascript">
if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE") > 0 )
{
$(function()
{
var input = document.createElement("input");
if(('placeholder' in input) == false)
{
$('[placeholder]').focus(function()
{
var i = $(this);
if(i.val() == i.attr('placeholder'))
{
i.val('').removeClass('placeholder');
if(i.hasClass('password'))
{
i.removeClass('password'); this.type='password';
}
}
}).blur(function()
{
var i = $(this);
if(i.val() == '' || i.val() == i.attr('placeholder'))
{
if(this.type=='password')
{
i.addClass('password'); this.type='text';
}
i.addClass('placeholder').val(i.attr('placeholder'));
}
}).blur().parents('form').submit(function()
{
$(this).find('[placeholder]').each(function()
{
var i = $(this);
if(i.val() == i.attr('placeholder')) i.val('');
});
});
}
});
}
</script>
Tom, placeholder isn't an attribute supported by IE8.
I think this will help you with the direction you are going:
Pre-populate the field with "Full Name". Give it value="Full Name" in advance as the default.
onfocus= "if (this.value=='Full Name'){this.select();this.value='';this.style.color='#999999';}else{this.style.color='#000000';}"
onclick= "if (this.value=='Full Name'){this.select();this.value='';this.style.color='#999999';}else{this.style.color='#000000';}"
onblur= "if (this.value==''||this.value=='Full Name'){this.value='Full Name';this.style.color='#999999';}else{this.style.color='#000000';}"
onkeyup= "if (this.value=='Full Name'){this.select();this.style.color='#999999';}else{this.style.color='#000000';}"
onchange="if (this.value=='Full Name'){this.style.color='#999999';}else{this.style.color='#000000';}"
if (!('placeholder' in $('<input>')[0])) { // Create a dummy element for feature detection
$('input[placeholder], textarea[placeholder]').blur(add).focus(remove).each(add); // Select the elements that have a placeholder attribute
$('form').submit(function(){$(this).find('input[placeholder], textarea[placeholder]').each(remove);}); // Remove the placeholder text before the form is submitted
}
Save the following code as .js and make sure to change the input type
$(document).ready(function () {
if ($.browser.msie) { //this is for only ie condition ( microsoft internet explore )
$('input[type="text"][placeholder], textarea[placeholder]').each(function () {
var obj = $(this);
if (obj.attr('placeholder') != '') {
obj.addClass('IePlaceHolder');
if ($.trim(obj.val()) == '' && obj.attr('type') != 'password') {
obj.val(obj.attr('placeholder'));
}
}
});
$('.IePlaceHolder').focus(function () {
var obj = $(this);
if (obj.val() == obj.attr('placeholder')) {
obj.val('');
}
});
$('.IePlaceHolder').blur(function () {
var obj = $(this);
if ($.trim(obj.val()) == '') {
obj.val(obj.attr('placeholder'));
}
});
}
});
http://jsfiddle.net/wbcTm/79/
Make sure to add browser detection if you're using jQuery 1.9+. You can install it from your terminal with this command npm install jquery.browser
