var JPlaceHolder = {
//检测
_check : function(){
return ‘placeholder‘ in document.createElement(‘input‘);
},
//初始化
init : function(){
if(!this._check()){
this.fix();
}
},
//修复
fix : function(){
jQuery(‘:input[placeholder]‘).each(function(index, element) {
var self = $(this), txt = self.attr(‘placeholder‘);
// 如果当前输入框中有值，不做处理
if (self.val() != ‘‘) {
// jquery each方法，return true = continue; return false = break;
return true;
}
self.wrap($(‘<div></div>‘).css({position:‘relative‘, zoom:‘1‘, border:‘none‘, background:‘none‘, padding:‘none‘, margin:‘none‘}));
var pos = self.position(), h = self.outerHeight(true), paddingleft = self.css(‘padding-left‘);
var holder = $(‘<span></span>‘).text(txt).css({position:‘absolute‘, left:pos.left, top:‘5px‘, height:h, lienHeight:h, paddingLeft:paddingleft, color:‘#aaa‘}).appendTo(self.parent());
self.focusin(function(e) {
holder.hide();
}).focusout(function(e) {
if(!self.val()){
holder.show();
}
});
holder.click(function(e) {
holder.hide();
self.focus();
});
});
}
};
//执行
jQuery(function(){
JPlaceHolder.init();
});
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>jQuery JPlaceholder Demo</title>
<script src="jquery-1.8.3.min.js"></script>
<script src="jquery.JPlaceholder.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<div>
<ul>
<li>
<input type="text" name="username" placeholder="用户名">
</li>
<li>
<input type="password" name="username" placeholder="密码">
</li>
<li>
<button type="button">登录</button>
</li>
</ul>
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>
原文：http://www.cnblogs.com/adtuu/p/5047249.html