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copied!<p>Make yourself a jQuery plugin. <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/ppuGL/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/ppuGL/</a></p> <pre><code>$.fn.typeOverText = function() { var $ = jQuery, $this = $(this); $this.addClass('type-over'); $this.append('<input type="text" class="type-over-input">'); return $this; } </code></pre> <p>Some HTML:</p> <pre><code><span class="text">Type over me</span> </code></pre> <p>Invoke the plugin:</p> <pre><code>$('.text').typeOverText(); </code></pre> <p>And some CSS:</p> <pre><code>.type-over { position: relative; color: #ccc; display: inline-block; padding: 5px; } .type-over-input { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; border: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; padding-left: inherit; padding-right: inherit; } .type-over-input:focus { outline: 1px solid #ccc; } </code></pre> <h1>Addendum</h1> <p>Inspired by brbcoding, here's another CSS-only idea. <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/trevordixon/ppuGL/1/" rel="nofollow">http://jsfiddle.net/trevordixon/ppuGL/1/</a></p> <pre><code><span data-shadow-text="Type over me"> <input> </span> <style> [data-shadow-text] { font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 24px; position: relative; padding: 5px; display: inline-block; } [data-shadow-text]:before { content: attr(data-shadow-text); position: relative; color: #ccc; display: inline-block; } [data-shadow-text] input { position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; border: none; margin: 0; padding: inherit; padding-left: inherit; padding-right: inherit; width: 100%; } [data-shadow-text] input:focus { outline: 1px solid #ccc; } </style> </code></pre>

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