[whatwg] Placeholder option for text input boxes

[Kristof Zelechovski]

IMHO, the hint should be marked when the control gets focus so that it will
be clear that the text will disappear.
Chris

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[mailto:whatwg-bounces at lists.whatwg.org] On Behalf Of Nils Dagsson Moskopp
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 4:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [whatwg] Placeholder option for text input boxes

Am Samstag, den 04.10.2008, 16:34 +0200 schrieb Kristof Zelechovski
> IMHO, The hint should not disappear on focus.  It should remain until
> a new value is entered.

This is a BAD idea for consistency reasons - historically only selected
text disappears on input.


Cheers,

Nils