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HTML
<input type="text" placeholder="Text!">
JavaScript
var placeholderValue = "";
$('input').focus(function () {
placeholderValue = $(this).attr('placeholder'); // save the value
$(this).attr('placeholder', ''); // remove the value for that
});
$('input').blur(function () {
$(this).attr('placeholder', placeholderValue); // update the value! :)
})