Input form question

Is it possible to have text in the input box of a form, and when the user click in the text box, the text disapear and he can type whatever in need to write ?

 

Uhh, I think this should do the trick:

HEAD section:

<script language="Javascript">
 <!--

 function doClear(theText) 
{
     if (theText.value == theText.defaultValue)
 {
         theText.value = ""
     }
 }
 //-->
 </script>

Code (markup):

BODY section:

<form>
<input type="text" size=15 value="Value here" onFocus="doClear(this)">
</form>

Code (markup):

 

You don't even need the javascript to control it, use this inside your <form> tags:

<input type="text" name="Search" size="25" value="Default Text" onfocus= "if (this.value=='Default Text') this.value='';" onblur="if (this.value=='') this.value='Default Text';">

Code (markup):

I know it works - I use the same piece of code on all my sites

 

Yup. This as done the job. A rep point given to both of you.

 

Epp, yeah thanks. I just made the function so you don't have to write over and over again assuming you have lots of text boxes/areas on your page.

Thanks for the rep.

 

Glad you got it working

Thanks for the rep