formFive

jQuery plugin giving some of the HTML5 Form functionalities to older browsers

Requirements

This plugin requires jQuery 1.7 and higher

Information

This plugin allows you to use the following attributes on legacy browsers:

• placeholder
• autofocus
• formaction
• formenctype
• formmethod
• formtarget
• form

Apply the plugin directly on a <form> tag with the desired parameters and formFive will take care of the rest.

Parameters

placeholder

(boolean) default: false - Wether or not you wish to use the placeholder attribute on your form elements

placeholderClass

(string) default: 'placeholder' - The class that will be automatically added to your elements with a placeholder attribute when no value has been given yet (to simulate the placeholder)

autofocus

(boolean) default: false - Wether or not you wish to use the autofocus attribute on your form elements

formaction

(boolean) default: false - Wether or not you wish to use the formaction attribute on your form elements

formenctype

(boolean) default: false - Wether or not you wish to use the formenctype attribute on your form elements

formmethod

(boolean) default: false - Wether or not you wish to use the formmethod attribute on your form elements

formtarget

(boolean) default: false - Wether or not you wish to use the formtarget attribute on your form elements

formAttribute

(boolean) default: false - Wether or not you wish to use the form attribute on your form elements which are located outside the intended form

Usage

JavaScript

$('.form-class').formFive({
  placeholder: true,
  placeholderClass: 'phclass',
  autofocus: true,
  formaction: true,
  formenctype: true,
  formmethod: true,
  formtarget: true,
  formAttribute: true
});

CoffeeScript

$('.form-class').formFive
  placeholder: true
  placeholderClass: 'phclass'
  autofocus: true
  formaction: true
  formenctype: true
  formmethod: true
  formtarget: true
  formAttribute: true