FlowupLabels.js

Augments form labels to behave like placeholders, but with a twist.

SEE DEMO

Original concept by Matt D. Smith. Inspired by Mike Mitchell's FloatLabel.js.

Difference in this version:

• The label gets out of the user's way immediately on focus
• Labels should be proceeded by a colon ":", to indicate that the user still has something to fill. Users commonly mistake placeholder labels as prefilled inputs, an example being the common "Search..."
• This implementation accounts for pre-filled elements on page load (toggleable)
• Uses semantic labels, not placeholders

Usage instructions

• Add jquery.FlowupLabels.css to your stylesheets:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/jquery.FlowupLabels.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/main.css">

• Add jquery.FlowupLabels.js to your scripts.

<script src="js/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/jquery.FlowupLabels.js"></script>
<script src="js/main.js"></script>

• Wrap your form in the '.FlowupLabels' class
• Wrap your labels and inputs with the '.fl_wrap' class
• Give labels the '.fl_label' class
• Give inputs the '.fl_input' class
• Load the plugin

$('.FlowupLabels').FlowupLabels({
		/*
		These are all the default values
		You may exclude any/all of these options
		if you won't be changing them
		 */
		// Handles the possibility of having input boxes prefilled on page load
		feature_onInitLoad: false, 
		
		// Class when focusing an input
		class_focused: 		'focused',
		// Class when an input has text entered
		class_populated: 	'populated'	
});

Compatibility

Tested in IE8, IE9, IE10, Chrome, Firefox

Size

JS: 1kb regular, ~600 bytes minified, 284 bytes gzipped+minified (Closure Compiler).

CSS: 1.6kb regular, 786 bytes minified.

Total: <2kb minified, <1kb gzipped+minified.

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Licensed under MIT