From 957281659ee81f25c6d92ddc97288283b458efd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?David=20=E2=80=98Bombe=E2=80=99=20Roden?=
 <bombe@pterodactylus.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2010 17:25:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Use JavaScript to improve the UI.

---
 src/main/resources/static/css/sone.css       |  4 ++++
 src/main/resources/static/javascript/sone.js | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 src/main/resources/templates/index.html      | 12 +++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 src/main/resources/static/javascript/sone.js

diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/css/sone.css b/src/main/resources/static/css/sone.css
index 35fd2e7..4b9928d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static/css/sone.css
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/css/sone.css
@@ -19,3 +19,7 @@
 #sone .post .text {
 	display: inline;
 }
+
+#sone input.createpost.default {
+	color: #888;
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/javascript/sone.js b/src/main/resources/static/javascript/sone.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44cff7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/javascript/sone.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* Sone JavaScript functions. */
+
+function registerInputTextareaSwap(inputSelector, defaultText) {
+	$(inputSelector).focus(function() {
+		if ($(this).val() == defaultText) {
+			$(this).val("").removeClass("default");
+		}
+	}).blur(function() {
+		if ($(this).val() == "") {
+			$(this).val(defaultText).addClass("default");
+		}
+	}).addClass("default").val(defaultText);
+	$($(inputSelector).get(0).form).submit(function() {
+		if ($(inputSelector).hasClass("default")) {
+			$(inputSelector).val("");
+		}
+	});
+}
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/index.html b/src/main/resources/templates/index.html
index f72ceb0..9046406 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/index.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/index.html
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
 <div id="sone">
 
+	<script src="javascript/jquery-1.4.2.js" language="javascript"></script>
+	<script src="javascript/sone.js" language="javascript"></script>
+
+	<script language="javascript">
+		/* register input field/textarea swap. */
+		$(document).ready(function() {
+			registerInputTextareaSwap("#sone input.createpost", "What are you doing?");
+		});
+	</script>
+
 	<h1><%= Page.Index.Page.Title|l10n|insert needle="{sone}" key=currentSone.name|html></h1>
 
 	<div>
 		<form action="createPost.html" method="post">
 			<div>
 				<label for="text"><%= Page.Index.Label.Text|l10n|html></label>
-				<textarea name="text"></textarea>
+				<input class="createpost" name="text" />
 			</div>
 			<div>
 				<button type="submit"><%= Page.Index.Button.Post|l10n|html></button>
-- 
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