Question

Why is this switch-case not working? I’ve tried every possible syntax, but it is just not working. Or is a switch-case the wrong method in this case?

jQuery('#main input').blur(function() {
    switch(jQuery(this).attr('name') {
        case 'email':
            jQuery(this).val('That's you e-Mail adress.');
            break;
        case 'nickname':
            jQuery(this).val('That's your nickname.');
            break;
    }
});

Please note: I am using jQuery in non conflict mode, that’s why I use jQuery instead of $.

Answer 1

You have several errors in here:

switch(jQuery(this).attr('name') {

Missing a closing parenthesis. Should be:

switch(jQuery(this).attr('name')) {

You should escape the quote in this string:

jQuery(this).val('That's you e-Mail adress.');

Like this:

jQuery(this).val('That\'s you e-Mail adress.');