Simple way to check if placeholder is supported?

Question

I want to use the HTML5 \"placeholder\" attribute in my code if the user\'s browser supports it otherwise just print the field name on top of the f

Answer 1

function placeholderIsSupported() {
    var test = document.createElement('input');
    return ('placeholder' in test);
}

I used a jQuery-ized version as a starting point. (Just giving credit where it's due.)