/** * jQuery Default Value Plugin v1.0 * Progressive enhancement technique for inital input field values * * The MIT License * * Copyright (c) 2007 Paul Campbell (pauljamescampbell.co.uk) * * 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. * * @param String * @return Array */ (function($) { $.fn.defaultvalue = function() { // Scope var elements = this; var args = arguments; var c = 0; return( elements.each(function() { // Default values within scope var el = $(this); var def = args[c++]; var oldValue = jQuery.trim(el.val()); if (oldValue == "") { el.val(def).addClass("defaultValue"); } el.focus(function() { if(el.val() == def) { el.val(""); el.removeClass("defaultValue"); } el.blur(function() { if(el.val() == "") { el.val(def); el.addClass("defaultValue"); } }); }); }) ); } })(jQuery);