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HTML
<div><input type="text"/> <span>First</span> <span>name:</span></div>
CSS
div {position: relative}
input {color: green}
span {left: 10px}
JavaScript
$("span").css({"position": "absolute"})
$("span:first").css({"color": "green" })
$("span").eq("1").css({"color": "red", "left": "44px" })
$("input").on("focus", function(){
$("span").hide();
})
$("input").on("blur", function(){
if ($(this).val() == "") { $("span").css("display", "inline-block")}
})
$("span").click(function(){
$("span").hide()
})