Ruby on Rails: How do I add placeholder text to a f.text_field?

Question

How can I add placeholder text to my f.text_field fields so that the text comes pre-written by default, and when a user click inside the fields, the te

Answer 1

In your view template, set a default value:

f.text_field :password, :value => "password"

In your Javascript (assuming jquery here):

$(document).ready(function() {
  //add a handler to remove the text
});