/*
* Auto-Fill Plugin
* Written by Joe Sak 
* Website: http://www.joesak.com/
* Article: http://www.joesak.com/2008/11/19/a-jquery-function-to-auto-fill-input-fields-and-clear-them-on-click/
* GitHub: http://github.com/joemsak/jQuery-AutoFill
*/

(function($) { $.fn.autofill = function(options) { var defaults = { value: 'First Name', defaultTextColor: "#666", activeTextColor: "black" }; var options = $.extend(defaults, options); return this.each(function() { var obj = $(this); var pfield = (obj.attr('type') == 'password'); var p_obj = false; if (pfield) { obj.hide(); obj.after('<input type="text" id="' + this.id + '_autofill" class="' + $(this).attr('class') + '" />'); p_obj = obj; obj = obj.next(); } obj.css({ color: options.defaultTextColor }).val(options.value); obj.focus(function() { if (obj.val() == options.value) { if (pfield) { obj.hide(); p_obj.show().focus() } obj.val("").css({ color: options.activeTextColor }); } }).blur(function() { if (obj.val() == "") { obj.css({ color: options.defaultTextColor }).val(options.value); } }); if (p_obj && p_obj.length > 0) { p_obj.blur(function() { if (p_obj.val() == "") { p_obj.hide(); obj.show().css({ color: options.defaultTextColor }).val(options.value); } }); } }); }; })(jQuery);