Form Click Clearing

[Christov]

Was just wondering if anyone could direct me to some help with a form.
I've seen it done on various websites where a text field has some initial text on it which is cleared when the user clicks into the box to input their own text.
If anyone knows how to do it and shows me or links me to a tutorial I'd be most grateful :)

Thanks in advance !

[Christov]

Sorry to double post: http://www.pixel2life.com you can see the effect on the Username / Password fields at the very top of the page on the right.

[aldomatic]

um just give it a value attribute like value="type here"

[Christov]

No, I mean when I click it the text is still there - i want it to disappear when its clicked on.

[aldomatic]

add that to the input tag for the input box



onclick="if (this.value == 'something') { this.value = ''; }" onblur="if (
this.value == '') { this.value = something'; }"

[Christov]

Brilliant ! for some reason the old text doesnt come back when I click off it, even though I've defined it, but I can live with that :) Thanks mate !

[aldomatic]

:beer:

[aldomatic]

oh at the end i forgot an ' before "something" so add it and i think that might fix that problem

edited:


onclick="if (this.value == 'something')
{ this.value = ' '; }"

onblur="if (this.value == ' ')
{ this.value = 'something'; }"