password field issues w/ IE9 about placeholders.js HOT 9 OPEN

i fixed this locally by adding a value check on line 336:

if(element.value === "")
element.type = "text";

if i read the code right, this keeps my edit as a password field, but also adds the data-placeholder type password so that if i backspace out my password, it springs back to a clear-text input with the placeholder.

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Nice one, that's definitely a bug. If you fork the repository and commit your fix I can take a proper look at it in a pull request and merge it in to the main code base. Thanks for your help :)

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It's really valuable plugin and fix my problem in graceful way.

However I got this "type=password" problem in IE8, I saw the issue #21 and #6, it seems the issue has been fixed in IE9

Doest this issue already/will be fixed in IE8?

Thanks.
BR.

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@becoder No, there are no plans to add this functionality in IE8. As discussed in other issues, that would involve a complete change in the way the polyfill works. I do not intend to introduce new elements into the DOM, which would be the only way to do this in IE <9.

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Hi @jamesallardice

Thanks for your prompt feedback.

I understand, IE is nightmare...

BTW, if we don't need to support IE<9, I am wondering whether it's possible to let the password box empty instead of set of dot. :)

Hope it will not impact source code a lot.

Thanks.

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I agree, probably in the case of IE8 better to leave blank then populate with text which is displayed as the dots of an existing password

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That is definitely an option, but I'm reluctant to make it a default as it would change the current behaviour. I will look at adding it as an configurable option though.

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@becoder in the end I used this project https://github.com/matoilic/jquery.placeholder because it had the specific support for password that I needed. However, the project isn't being updated as regularly so there are pros and cons - kudos to both projects.

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This is still an issue for IE 9 (9.0.812.16421) for me

My "workaround" was to use an condition comment

<!--[if gt IE 9]>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="/content/js/Placeholders.min.js"></script>
<![endif]-->

because it's better to have no placeholders instead of clear-text passwords.

I am using knockouts data-bindings, and I think the problem should be related to knockoutjs (related: #59)

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