Re: [whatwg] Hide placeholder on input controls on focus

• From: Markus Ernst <derernst@gmx.ch>
• Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:02:29 +0100
• To: James Ross <whatwg-20070806@james-ross.co.uk>
• Cc: "whatwg@lists.whatwg.org" <whatwg@lists.whatwg.org>
• Message-ID: <514B04E5.8030401@gmx.ch>

Am 21.03.2013 12:10 schrieb James Ross:
> Just as an added data-point (that I only noticed today) - Windows 7's placeholder implementation in the Start menu and Explorer's search box:
>   - Focusing the input box with tab/Control-E or autofocus when opening the Start menu does *not* hide the placeholder.
>   - Control-A or clicking in the textbox hides the placeholder.

I was not aware of the possibility to distinguish between clicking in a 
textbox and other ways to focus it. This behaviour seems to be very 
user-friendly to me.

Received on Thursday, 21 March 2013 13:02:59 UTC