Hi Guys!
I found this piece of code by googling. It does what I need, except it only supports input fields. Is it possible to adapt to support textarea too?
/*
* Copyright (c) 2007 Josh Bush (digitalbush.com)
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
* obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
* files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
* restriction, including without limitation the rights to use,
* copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
* Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following
* conditions:
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
* included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
* EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
* OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
* NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
* HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
* WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
* FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR
* OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
*/
/*
* Version: Beta 1
* Release: 2007-06-01
*/
(function($) {
var map=new Array();
$.Watermark = {
ShowAll:function(){
for (var i=0;i<map.length;i++){
if(map[i].obj.val()==""){
map[i].obj.val(map[i].text);
map[i].obj.css("color",map[i].WatermarkColor);
}else{
map[i].obj.css("color",map[i].DefaultColor);
}
}
},
HideAll:function(){
for (var i=0;i<map.length;i++){
if(map[i].obj.val()==map[i].text)
map[i].obj.val("");
}
}
}
$.fn.Watermark = function(text,color) {
if(!color)
color="#aaa";
return this.each(
function(){
var input=$(this);
var defaultColor=input.css("color");
map[map.length]={text:text,obj:input,DefaultColor:defaultColor,WatermarkColor:color};
function clearMessage(){
if(input.val()==text)
input.val("");
input.css("color",defaultColor);
}
function insertMessage(){
if(input.val().length==0 || input.val()==text){
input.val(text);
input.css("color",color);
}else
input.css("color",defaultColor);
}
input.focus(clearMessage);
input.blur(insertMessage);
input.change(insertMessage);
insertMessage();
}
);
};
})(jQuery);
Thanks.