You could also try this… it detects that the browser does not have support for placeholder and works for all input types
function FauxPlaceholder() {
if(!ElementSupportAttribute('input','placeholder')) {
$("input[placeholder]").each(function() {
var $input = $(this);
$input.after('<input id="'+$input.attr('id')+'-faux" style="display:none;" type="text" value="' + $input.attr('placeholder') + '" />');
var $faux = $('#'+$input.attr('id')+'-faux');
$faux.show().attr('class', $input.attr('class')).attr('style', $input.attr('style'));
$input.hide();
$faux.focus(function() {
$faux.hide();
$input.show().focus();
});
$input.blur(function() {
if($input.val() === '') {
$input.hide();
$faux.show();
}
});
});
}
}
function ElementSupportAttribute(elm, attr) {
var test = document.createElement(elm);
return attr in test;
}