From 9e2c949d86bb56afa37a4c952f8e8930b7c9958e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thomascube <thomas@roundcube.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 21:55:22 +0000
Subject: Improve input field placeholders: use native attributes if supported,
 encapsulate in jquery plugin

---
 program/js/common.js | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

(limited to 'program/js/common.js')

diff --git a/program/js/common.js b/program/js/common.js
index eb9a3c682..a1ba878d4 100644
--- a/program/js/common.js
+++ b/program/js/common.js
@@ -694,11 +694,9 @@ Date.prototype.getStdTimezoneOffset = function()
 }
 
 // Make getElementById() case-sensitive on IE
-if (bw.ie)
-{
+if (bw.ie) {
   document._getElementById = document.getElementById;
-  document.getElementById = function(id)
-  {
+  document.getElementById = function(id) {
     var i = 0, obj = document._getElementById(id);
 
     if (obj && obj.id != id)
@@ -709,6 +707,39 @@ if (bw.ie)
   }
 }
 
+// jQuery plugin to emulate HTML5 placeholder attributes on input elements
+jQuery.fn.placeholder = function(text) {
+  return this.each(function() {
+    var elem = $(this);
+    this.title = text;
+
+    if ('placeholder' in this) {
+      elem.attr('placeholder', text);  // Try HTML5 placeholder attribute first
+    }
+    else {  // Fallback to Javascript emulation of placeholder
+      this._placeholder = text;
+      elem.blur(function(e) {
+        if ($.trim(elem.val()) == "")
+          elem.val(text);
+        elem.triggerHandler('change');
+      })
+      .focus(function(e) {
+        if ($.trim(elem.val()) == text)
+          elem.val("");
+        elem.triggerHandler('change');
+      })
+      .change(function(e) {
+        var active = elem.val() == text;
+        elem[(active ? 'addClass' : 'removeClass')]('placeholder').attr('spellcheck', active);
+      });
+
+      if (this != document.activeElement) // Do not blur currently focused element
+        elem.blur();
+    }
+  });
+};
+
+
 // This code was written by Tyler Akins and has been placed in the
 // public domain.  It would be nice if you left this header intact.
 // Base64 code from Tyler Akins -- http://rumkin.com
-- 
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