rick.emmet Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 Hi Everyone, I wonder if someone can point me in the right direction. I want to implement a watermark place holder for text input fields to show users the proper input format allowed. I went to the jQuery site and found one that looks attractive. I like the idea of using the Title attribute to display hints specific to the form fields. Such as <input type="text" class="watermarked" title="12/16/2012" /> for a date field. The particular plugin, "JQuery Tiny Watermark Plugin 2.0.0" seems to be unavailable at the jQuery site - you click on the link, which takes you to a page that does not have a download, so you click on the only link on the page and it shows you all the watermark plugins available. I've had this sort of problem before at jQuery's site - I think they're a bit overwhelmed with demand. I also went to the author's home page, but it's in Chech or German or something (I tried to find a link to the download but couldn't). Does anybody know where I can get this download, or if not, can anyone recommend a simple and easy to implement watermark plugin? Thanks so much for your time! Cheers, Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahngiel Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I want to implement a watermark place holder for text input fields to show users the proper input format allowed. HTML has this already. <input placeholder="this is what you should enter here" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted August 30, 2012 Share Posted August 30, 2012 I want to implement a watermark place holder for text input fields to show users the proper input format allowed. HTML has this already. <input placeholder="this is what you should enter here" /> That's part of the HTML5 spec, and shouldn't be used if you want full cross-browser support. I also went to the author's home page, but it's in Chech or German or something (I tried to find a link to the download but couldn't). Have you tried viewing the site in Chrome? It will offer to translate each page as you load it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick.emmet Posted August 31, 2012 Author Share Posted August 31, 2012 Hi Adam, Thanks for the quick reply! I was aware of html5 functionality, but am hesitant of using it for the reasons mentioned. I didn't even think about using the translation feature in Chrome, so I'll do that now. Hopefully I can find the link. Does anyone know what's going on with the jQuery site? Am I correct in thinking that there has been so much demand for the framework (and more plugins) that they can't possibly keep up? Cheers, Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessica Posted August 31, 2012 Share Posted August 31, 2012 I have also had trouble in the past months getting jQuery plugins, specifically the metadata one. Not sure what is going on with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick.emmet Posted September 2, 2012 Author Share Posted September 2, 2012 Hi Jesirose, Hopefully they hire some help and get things up an running! I've used several plugins and am amazed at how light weight and easy they are to implement. I looked at the site for the metadata plugin and it's set up the same way as the watermark plugin, you get caught in a loop and go around and around, then end up in the same place. Cheers, Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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