Placeholder not working in IE 8

Question

I have used the place holder function in textboxes as a watermark in my form. But the problem is that, the same thing is not working in IE 8 browser. I cant see the watermark text in IE 8 browser.

Please see my asp code, as I have used.

HTML :-

 <asp:TextBox ID="txtFirstName" runat="server" CssClass="txtFldName" placeholder="Enter your Full Name"></asp:TextBox>

Javascript for the the placeholder:-

<script src="../js/jquery.placeholder.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
    $(function () {
        $('input', 'txtFirstName').placeholder();
    });
</script>

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 30 '14 at 12:33

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I'm not sure why txtAccountNumber is there. The second parameter usually means "context", a reference to an element from which the selector should start looking for an element. Try removing that.

answered Oct 30 '14 at 12:33

Joseph

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I am sorry added the wrong parameter. will try removing the parameter – Rahul Sutar Oct 30 '14 at 12:35
@RahulSutar Check if `asp:TextBox` is an `input` or a `textarea`. – Joseph Oct 30 '14 at 12:42
its input only. It works for the first time, but when I focus out and then focusIn, it stops working – Rahul Sutar Oct 30 '14 at 12:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 30 '14 at 12:36

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I think placeholder works only in IE10+

Check here: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/att_input_placeholder.asp

answered Oct 30 '14 at 12:36

TamarG

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it works dude in IE 8 also, just need to be more specific on how to use it – Rahul Sutar Oct 30 '14 at 12:38
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15020826/how-to-support-placeholder-attribute-in-ie8-and-9 – TamarG Oct 30 '14 at 12:44
So is there any other way to use watermark which supports IE8 also ? – Rahul Sutar Oct 30 '14 at 13:03
I think only with JS/jquery – TamarG Oct 30 '14 at 13:08

Placeholder not working in IE 8

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