id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
14097	Idea for placeholder text	markjaquith		"Placeholder text has a fatal flaw, in my mind: once the field is focused, that placeholder text is gone. This can be confusing, especially if you tabbed into that field or it was selected by default. You can actually use placeholder text instead of labels, for a minimalistic form layout, but only if you correct this flaw.

So here's a potential solution:

http://txfx.net/files/wordpress/labels/

It uses HTML 5's {{{placeholder}}} attribute (newest Safari and Chrome support it), with a jQuery plugin to handle that support for other browsers.

Thoughts?"	enhancement	new	lowest	Future Release	Administration		trivial		ui-focus