After a great answer I see this might be a possible duplicate of Placeholder in contenteditable - focus event issue
I have an HTML <span>
element with the contenteditable="true"
. My goal is to have a seamless 'input' field utilizing the span element. I'm having issues getting the following flow to work:
- The DOM loads with
<span>
editable and default text of 'Make a new tag ..' - When User clicks on the
<span>
the text updates to say 'Begin typing ..' - On first keypress, remove
<span>
text and begin filling with User input - If the
<span>
has no text and the user is still editing, replace text with 'Begin typing ..' - If the
<span>
has no text and the user is not interacting, replace text with 'Make a new tag ..'
It works except that when the User is editing the element and they clear all text, the element collapses and becomes uneditable. I need to make sure there is always text inside the <span>
or I need to find another method of handling these cases
Here is the element I am working with:
*Note: I am using jQuery, Bootstrap, and FontAwesome
<span class="badge"><span contenteditable="true" id="new-tag" class="badge alert-info">Make a new tag ..</span><i class="fa fa-lg fa-plus-circle"></i></span>
And my javascript:
$('#new-tag').click(function(){
if( $(this).data('editing') !== 'active'){
$(this).text('Start typing ..');
}
});
// i do it this way because when .text('') is used, the <span> breaks
$('#new-tag').keydown(function(e){
if( $(this).data('editing') !== 'active'){
$(this).text(String.fromCharCode(e.charCode));
}
$(this).data('editing','active');
});
$('#new-tag').change(function(){
if( $(this).data('editing') == 'active' && $(this).text() == ''){
$(this).text('Make a new tag ..');
$(this).removeData('editing');
}
});
Can someone make this magic happen? Here is a fiddle of what I have posted.