Floating labels not displaying in Internet Explorer 11

Hey @jseth – which version of IE specifically?

We are using IE11 and not seeing the floating labels. I don’t know what version the donor was using, however. Since they did not see the floating labels either, it may be IE11 or it just might not work with previous versions also.

Can you provide a link to your site so we can see the problem live?

The URL to the donation form is https://www.eastech.org/foundation/donate

It looks fine in Chrome and Firefox, but no floating labels display in IE. I did notice, however, in IE, that when you click in the text box and start typing, the label does appear, however this is not satisfactory, as the label really needs to be displayed. Thanks.

Perhaps this will help – I just don’t know what to do with it:
https://www.hagenburger.net/BLOG/HTML5-Input-Placeholder-Fix-With-jQuery.html

I’ve also noticed that checking or unchecking “Enable Floating Labels” produces no effect in any browser, the floating labels do not go away.

I just tested in IE9, IE10, and Edge and all worked as expected.

I do notice though that you have some mixed-content errors on that page. This can cause issues with JS rendering correctly.

See our guide on converting your site to SSL, specifically the section on Mixed Content errors, here:
https://givewp.com/documentation/resources/how-to-use-ssl-and-https-for-your-wordpress-website/

Thanks!

Thanks for the great reference, I was able to clear up the mixed-content errors, and now have the “lock” on Chrome and on IE, and no popup in IE about mixed content when I open the page, so I greatly appreciate that. Initially I was still not seeing the placeholders in IE, but I was able to see an error in the Developer Console, and quite accidentally and by surprise while I was cleaning up some other code that I found was unnecessary, it resolved the placeholders not appearing! So my issue is resolved, and I appreciate your referring me to some terrific resources to help resolve the problem.

Issue resolved!

Good to hear, glad to help.

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Thanks!