Placeholder......

[formdev1]

Hi to all,

This is my first post.

I want to disappear the placeholder content "Username" as per the below code after mouse click on the text field. How to achieve this?
Below is the code for text field with placeholder.

<td><input type="text" name="fname" size="25" placeholder="Username"/></td>

Thanks....

[Sammy12]

Welcome to the forums formdev1,

To start, the placeholder attribute does not have very good browser support, 62.24% to be exact. http://caniuse.com/input-placeholder

Secondly, that is the natural functionality of the placeholder attribute, it disappears when you start entering text rather than onfocus.

If you are looking to accomplish a placeholder that is cross-browser, you can use JavaScript (or jQuery) instead.

<input type="text" name="fname" size="25" placeholder="Username" onfocus="this.placeholder = ''" onblur="this.placeholder = 'Username'" />

All the best,
Sammy12

[formdev1]

Ohh Ok. Thanks for your valuable info abt placeholder...

[VIPStephan]

Until recently Firefox did make the placeholder text disappear but they seem to have changed that with the latest major version – obviously a usability decision (if input is focused and placeholder text is hidden you might not know for what the input was, e. g. if you get distracted and return to the form later on).

I must admit that to me it feels like an erroneous implementation but apparently it’s here to stay.