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John Travolta
John Travolta

Reputation: 604

Easy way to remove ghost text default value on submit

The script code below makes ghost text 

$('.ghost-text').each(function(){
    var d = $(this).val();
    $(this).focus(function(){
        if ($(this).val() == d){
            $(this).val('').removeClass('ghost-text');
        }
    });
    $(this).blur(function(){
        if ($(this).val() == ''){
            $(this).val(d).addClass('ghost-text');
        }
    });
});

But on submit it passes that default ghost value. How to delete it on submit?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 430

Answers (4)

A. Wolff
A. Wolff

Reputation: 74410

If you call 'ghot text' watermark and able to use HTML5, use placeholder attribute instead:

<input type="text" placeholder="My ghost text" />

If 'ghost text' as nothing to do with watermark and dont want to submit it, you can use this instead:

$('form').submit(function(){
    $('.ghost-text',this).each(function(){
        $(this).removeAttr('name');
    });
});

Upvotes: 0

Akhil Sekharan
Akhil Sekharan

Reputation: 12693

I believe its better to use a placeholder:

<input type="text" id="myTxt" placeholder="enter something..."/>

Or if you want to stick with your js:

 if($.browser.msie){
    $('.ghost-text').each(function(){
        var d = $(this).attr('placeholder');
        $(this).focus(function(){
            if ($(this).val() == d){
                $(this).val('').removeClass('ghost-text');
            }
        });
        $(this).blur(function(){
            if ($(this).val() == ''){
                $(this).val(d).addClass('ghost-text');
            }
        });
    });   

 $('form').submit(function(){
    $('.ghost-text').each(function(){
        if ($(this).val() == $(this).attr('placeholder'))
            $(this).val('');
    });
});
}

Upvotes: 2

Michael Malinovskij
Michael Malinovskij

Reputation: 1422

var ghostTexts = $('.ghost-text');

    ghostTexts.each(function(){
        var $this = $(this),
            d = $(this).val();

        $this.on({
            'focus': function(){
                if ($this.val() == d){
                    $this.val('').removeClass('ghost-text');
                }
            },
            'blur': function() {
                if ($this.val() == ''){
                    $this.val(d).addClass('ghost-text');
                }
            }
        });
    });

    $('yourForm').on('submit', function() {
        ghostTexts.val('');
    });

Upvotes: 0

Hugo Scott-Slade
Hugo Scott-Slade

Reputation: 897

Have you tried something like this?

$("#submit").click(function(){
    $(".ghost-text").each(function(){
        $(this).val('');
    }
})

Upvotes: 0

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