[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14097: Idea for placeholder text

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#14097: Idea for placeholder text
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 Reporter:  markjaquith  |       Owner:                 
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new            
 Priority:  lowest       |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  UI           |     Version:                 
 Severity:  trivial      |    Keywords:                 
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 Placeholder text has a fatal flaw, in my mind: once the field is focused,
 that placeholder text is gone. This can be confusing, especially if you
 tabbed into that field or it was selected by default. You can actually use
 placeholder text instead of labels, for a minimalistic form layout, but
 only if you correct this flaw.

 So here's a potential solution:

 http://txfx.net/files/wordpress/labels/

 It uses HTML 5's {{{placeholder}}} attribute (newest Safari and Chrome
 support it), with a jQuery plugin to handle that support for other
 browsers.

 Thoughts?

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