The HTML5 placeholder wasn’t used because a) it’s not proper use: it’s used for placeholdering things like »http://« in a field where a web address is supposed to go, but not the label »web address«. and b) it vanishes when you click the field.
Meanwhile, I fixed the issue where label and browser-autofilled text overflow: https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/46871e9b2e39750d64d16fb127cbfd608477287b So please test. It’s not »just for aesthetics«, but it makes the log in form feel way simpler and shorter. On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Thomas Tanghus <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thursday 27 September 2012 22:51 Robin Appelman wrote: >> iirc, a custom placeholder was used instead of using the html5 placeholder >> attribute because the native placeholder dissapears as soon as the input >> gets focus. With the username field being auto focused it won't have a >> visible placeholder untill it loses focus. > > IMHO we shouldn't use infield labels - be they native placeholder attributes > or not - for the login. I fail to see what is wrong with simply having normal > labels next to the input fields. > If it is solely for aesthetics it still fails, because it looks bad for the > reasons mentioned earlier in the thread. > > We could still use placeholder for hinting, but there's no real reason for it > - still IMHO ;) > > -- > Med venlig hilsen / Best Regards > > Thomas Tanghus > _______________________________________________ > Owncloud mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud _______________________________________________ Owncloud mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/owncloud
