Glad you like the dim state. By class dependency I just meant you don’t need to manually add the overlabel class to the labels you want to use the script on. It works, but I’m definitely a novice when it comes to jQuery. I would be interested to see how you might use your existing plugin to integrate a dim state. I’ve used your plugin many times, so thanks for your work.

Mike

I like the dim state a lot. I never considered doing that.

But I’m not sure what you mean by “the class dependency”. The version that’s been developed here uses CSS for styling. I wouldn’t want to remove that feature.

I’m also curious as to why you choose to link the label and the input control by DOM ordering (using “prev”) when there is already a semantically meaningful link between them in the label’s “for” tag.

One more thing, I just realized, too. Yours looks as though it will act very oddly if JS is off. Have you tested that?

after
if ($M.length == 0) {

must be
$(”")

Maybe this will be helpfull for someone:

(function ($) {

$.fn.WaterMark = function (watermarkText, watermarkCSS) {

return this.each(function () {

var $M = $(”label[for]=” + $(this).name);

if ($M.length == 0) {
$(”")
.attr(”for”, $(this)[0].name)
.attr(”innerHTML”, watermarkText)
.addClass(watermarkCSS)
.css(”position”, “absolute”)
.css(”width”, $(this)[0].clientWidth)
.css(”height”, $(this)[0].clientHeight)
.css(”padding”, “3px”)
.insertBefore(”#” + $(this)[0].name);
}

var doOnFocus = function () { $(”label[for]=” + $(this)[0].name).fadeOut(”fast”); };

var doOnBlur =
function () {

if (!this.value) {
$(”label[for]=” + this.name).fadeIn(”slow”);
}
};

$(this)
.focus(doOnFocus)
.blur(doOnBlur);
});

};

})(jQuery);

using:

$(document).ready(function () {

$(’#SendText’).WaterMark(”mail us if you have any suggessions”, “some”);

});

Thanks for working

I know that many of you have Hypothyroid and Type 2 diabetes.

Hashimoto’s is an autoimmune disorder, which will eventually branch out to other parts of your body regardless of whether you take a replacement thyroid hormone.
I am 36 and was diagnosed at 23 with Hashimoto’s. Now, I have symptoms of late onset Type 1 diabetes and Celiac disease.
The connection is scary because the autoimmune disease will eventually affect, by brain and other parts of my body.

We need to understand that gluten exacerbates autoimmune disorders and is often the cause.

Something like overlabel would make a good extension to the Datepicker, I think. But I don’t know that code at all to suggest how it might best be incorporated.

Thanks. Sunny