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+/**
+ * ownCloud
+ *
+ * @author Morris Jobke
+ * @copyright 2013 Morris Jobke <morris.jobke@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 3 of the License, or any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public
+ * License along with this library.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Adds a background color to the element called on and adds the first character
+ * of the passed in string. This string is also the seed for the generation of
+ * the background color.
+ *
+ * You have following HTML:
+ *
+ * <div id="albumart"></div>
+ *
+ * And call this from Javascript:
+ *
+ * $('#albumart').placeholder('The Album Title');
+ *
+ * Which will result in:
+ *
+ * <div id="albumart" style="background-color: rgb(123, 123, 123); ... ">T</div>
+ *
+ */
+
+(function ($) {
+	$.fn.placeholder = function(seed) {
+		var hash = md5(seed),
+			maxRange = parseInt('ffffffffff', 16),
+			red = parseInt(hash.substr(0,10), 16) / maxRange * 256,
+			green = parseInt(hash.substr(10,10), 16) / maxRange * 256,
+			blue = parseInt(hash.substr(20,10), 16) / maxRange * 256,
+			rgb = [Math.floor(red), Math.floor(green), Math.floor(blue)],
+			height = this.height();
+		this.css('background-color', 'rgb(' + rgb.join(',') + ')');
+
+		// CSS rules
+		this.css('color', 'rgb(255, 255, 255)');
+		this.css('font-weight', 'bold');
+		this.css('text-align', 'center');
+
+		// calculate the height
+		this.css('line-height', height + 'px');
+		this.css('font-size', (height * 0.55) + 'px');
+
+		if(seed !== null && seed.length) {
+			this.html(seed[0].toUpperCase());
+		}
+	};
+}(jQuery));