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		lekevicius on May 14, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JQuery Super Labels Plugin No. Placeholders stay visible until user starts typing. That is, empty focused field still has visible placeholder.

Skalman on May 14, 2012 [–]

Only in Chrome. Not in Firefox, at least.

remybach on May 14, 2012 | [–]

True! It wasn't like this when I wrote the plugin though, plus I needed the effect to work cross-browser.

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