Watermark for Textbox in MVC3

Question

How do I set watermark for a texbox in MVC3 .Also if there are multiple textboxes in a web page, how do you write different watermark text for each textbox?

Answer 1

Try this Jquery .You need to create an image with the watermark text.

$(document).ready(function () {

            /*Watermark for date fields*/

             if ($("#dob").val() == "") {
                $("#dob").css("background", "#ebebeb url('/Content/images/DateWaterMark.png') no-repeat 1px 0px");
            }

            $("#dob").focus(function () {
                if (watermark == 'MM/DD/YYYY') {
                    $("#dob").css("background-image", "none");
                    $("#dob").css("background-color", "#fff");
                }
            }).blur(function () {
                if (this.value == "") {
                    $("#dob").css("background", "#ebebeb url('/Content/images/DateWaterMark.png') no-repeat 1px 0px");
                }
            });

            $("#dob").change(function () {
                if (this.value.length > 0) {
                    $("#dob").css("background", "#fff");
                }
            });
}