Watermark disappears in IE8 when text field gets focus

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Open http://www.kle-online.dk/stage in IE8
2. Unfocus search box and watermark appears
3. Focus search box and watermark disappears

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I would expect the watermark to stay when search box gets focus

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
3.1.4

Please provide any additional information below.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by s...@rdfined.dk on 30 Nov 2012 at 12:48

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BTW same behavior in IE7.

Original comment by s...@rdfined.dk on 30 Nov 2012 at 12:54

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This is the intended behavior of the plugin.

Original comment by t...@speednet.biz on 30 Nov 2012 at 1:06

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Ok - But in Firefox (on Mac), the watermark stays when the field gets focus?

Original comment by s...@rdfined.dk on 30 Nov 2012 at 1:11

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That's because it is using the browser's native watermark (placeholder) 
capabilities.  Read the documentation here.

Original comment by t...@speednet.biz on 30 Nov 2012 at 2:04

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Thanks - Yes I did read the documentation. I did run non native with the 
result, that the watermark disappeared when the field got focus.

Anyway - I didn't know that this was the intented behavior in the first place. 
Are there any way to customize the plugin so that watermark only disappears 
when the user starts typing (like native Firefox behavior)?

Original comment by s...@rdfined.dk on 30 Nov 2012 at 2:10

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You would have to use some other plug-in that works that way. This is pretty 
complex stuff to get right, so you would have to find a plugin that was 
designed completely differently. In my opinion, users of older browsers are 
familiar with the disappearing watermarks, and they become confused when it 
does not disappear upon focusing the element. But to each their own.

Original comment by t...@speednet.biz on 30 Nov 2012 at 2:30

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Ok - What a shame. It seems like a good plugin.

BTW isn't it quite standard behavior that the search field on a page (Google 
f.ex.) gets the focus right when the page loads? In that case the user will 
never see the watermark using this plugin.

Original comment by s...@rdfined.dk on 30 Nov 2012 at 2:37

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It *is* a good plugin.  Your personal opinion on how it should work does not 
change that.  There is no "shame".  I hope you find what you're looking for.

Original comment by t...@speednet.biz on 30 Nov 2012 at 2:54

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Just a comment for others. This is easily obtained by changing the ".focus" 
event check to the event ".keydown". Haven't discovered any side effects yet.

Original comment by s...@rdfined.dk on 5 Dec 2012 at 1:44