Unfortunately, placeholders don’t run versions of IE9 and down.
But we can solve this problem easily is a small jQuery code:
if( $.browser.msie && parseInt($.browser.version, 10) < 10 ) { if( $( '[placeholder]' ).length ) { $( '[placeholder]' ).focus(function(){ if( $(this).val() == $(this).attr('placeholder') ) { $(this).val(''); } }).blur(function(){ if( $(this).val() == '' ) { $(this).val( $(this).attr('placeholder') ); } }).blur(); } }
Have fun :)