placeholder for select tag [duplicate]

Answer 1

This my function for select box placeholder.

HTML

  Country
  England
  Russia
  USA

jQuery

     jQuery(function($) {
      /*function for placeholder select*/
      function selectPlaceholder(selectID){
        var selected = $(selectID + ' option:selected');
        var val = selected.val();
        $(selectID + ' option' ).css('color', '#333');
        selected.css('color', '#999');
        if (val == "") {
          $(selectID).css('color', '#999');
        };
        $(selectID).change(function(){
          var val = $(selectID + ' option:selected' ).val();
          if (val == "") {
            $(selectID).css('color', '#999');
          }else{
            $(selectID).css('color', '#333');
          };
        });
      };

      selectPlaceholder('#country');

    });