Ajax.InPlaceEditorWithEmptyText = Class.create(Ajax.InPlaceEditor, {
  initialize : function($super, element, url, options) {
    if (!options.emptyText)        options.emptyText      = "click to edit...";
    if (!options.emptyClassName)   options.emptyClassName = "inplaceeditor-empty";
    $super(element, url, options);
    this.checkEmpty();
  },
  checkEmpty : function() {
    if (this.element.innerHTML.length == 0 && this.options.emptyText) {
      this.element.appendChild(
          new Element("span", { className : this.options.emptyClassName }).update(this.options.emptyText)
        );
    }
  },
  getText : function($super) {
    if (empty_span = this.element.select("." + this.options.emptyClassName).first()) {
      empty_span.remove();
    }
    return $super();
  },
  onComplete : function($super, transport) {
    this.checkEmpty();
    return $super(transport);
  }
});