How do I auto-hide placeholder text upon focus using css or jquery?

Question

This is done automatically for every browser except Chrome.

I\'m guessing I have to specifically target Chrome.

Any solutio

Answer 1

HTML:

<input type="text" name="name" placeholder="enter your text" id="myInput" />

jQuery:

$('#myInput').focus(function(){
  $(this).attr('placeholder','');
});
$('#myInput').focusout(function(){
  $(this).attr('placeholder','enter your text');
});

Answer 2

have you tried placeholder attr?

<input id ="myID" type="text" placeholder="enter your text " />

-EDIT-

I see, try this then:

$(function () {

    $('#myId').data('holder', $('#myId').attr('placeholder'));

    $('#myId').focusin(function () {
        $(this).attr('placeholder', '');
    });
    $('#myId').focusout(function () {
        $(this).attr('placeholder', $(this).data('holder'));
    });


});

Test: http://jsfiddle.net/mPLFf/4/

-EDIT-

Actually, since placeholder should be used to describe the value, not the name of the input. I suggest the following alternative

html:

<label class="overlabel"> 
    <span>First Name</span>
    <input name="first_name" type="text" />
</label>

javascript:

$('.overlabel').each(function () {
    var $this = $(this);
    var field = $this.find('[type=text], [type=file], [type=email], [type=password], textarea');
    var span = $(this).find('> span');
    var onBlur = function () {
        if ($.trim(field.val()) == '') {
            field.val('');
            span.fadeIn(100);
        } else {
            span.fadeTo(100, 0);
        }
    };
    field.focus(function () {
        span.fadeOut(100);
    }).blur(onBlur);
    onBlur();
});

css:

.overlabel {
  border: 0.1em solid;
  color: #aaa;
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle;
  min-height: 2.2em;
}
.overlabel span {
  position: absolute;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
  white-space: nowrap;
  overflow: hidden;
  text-overflow: ellipsis;
}
.overlabel span, .overlabel input {
  text-align: left;
  font-size: 1em;
  line-height: 2em;
  padding: 0 0.5em;
  margin: 0;
  background: transparent;
  -webkit-appearance: none; /* prevent ios styling */
  border-width: 0;
  width: 100%;
  outline: 0;
}

Test:

http://jsfiddle.net/kwynwrcf/

Answer 3

With Pure CSS it worked for me. Make it transparent when Entered/Focues in input

 input:focus::-webkit-input-placeholder { /* Chrome/Opera/Safari */
    color: transparent !important;
 }
 input:focus::-moz-placeholder { /* Firefox 19+ */
   color: transparent !important;
 }
 input:focus:-ms-input-placeholder { /* IE 10+ */
   color: transparent !important;
 }
 input:focus:-moz-placeholder { /* Firefox 18- */
   color: transparent !important;
  }

Answer 4

try this function:

+It Hides The PlaceHolder On Focus And Returns It Back On Blur

+This function depends on the placeholder selector, first it selects the elements with the placeholder attribute, triggers a function on focusing and another one on blurring.

on focus : it adds an attribute "data-text" to the element which gets its value from the placeholder attribute then it removes the value of the placeholder attribute.

on blur : it returns back the placeholder value and removes it from the data-text attribute

<input type="text" placeholder="Username" />

$('[placeholder]').focus(function() {
    $(this).attr('data-text', $(this).attr('placeholder'));
    $(this).attr('placeholder', '');
  }).blur(function() {
      $(this).attr('placeholder', $(this).attr('data-text'));
      $(this).attr('data-text', '');
  });
});

you can follow me very well if you look what's happening behind the scenes by inspecting the input element

Answer 5

/* Webkit */
[placeholder]:focus::-webkit-input-placeholder { opacity: 0; }
/* Firefox < 19 */
[placeholder]:focus:-moz-placeholder { opacity: 0; }
/* Firefox > 19 */
[placeholder]:focus::-moz-placeholder { opacity: 0; }
/* Internet Explorer 10 */
[placeholder]:focus:-ms-input-placeholder { opacity: 0; }

Answer 6

<input 
type="text" 
placeholder="enter your text" 
onfocus="this.placeholder = ''"
onblur="this.placeholder = 'enter your text'" />