Clear text field on focus extension

Hi there,
Does anyone know of an extension or code snippet, that will clear the
text field of its current value when you click on it?

Kind regards,

Steve

Dooza wrote:

Hi there,
Does anyone know of an extension or code snippet, that will clear the
text field of its current value when you click on it?

Kind regards,

Steve
I should really search first, then post, as I just found the answer:

function clearDefault(el) {
if (el.defaultValue==el.value) el.value = ""
}

Next, you need to call this script from the onfocus event of your input
text box:

E-Mail:
<INPUT TYPE=text
VALUE="E-Mail Address"
ONFOCUS="clearDefault(this)">

Hopefully this will help someone else

Steve

Hey - use this:

<input type="text" name="n" value="Your message"
onFocus="if(this.value==this.defaultValue)this.val ue=''"
onBlur="if(this.value=='')this.value=this.defaultV alue">

It works swell!

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"Dooza" <steve (AT) arse (DOT) dooza.tv> wrote

Dooza wrote:
Hi there,
Does anyone know of an extension or code snippet, that will clear the
text field of its current value when you click on it?

Kind regards,

Steve
I should really search first, then post, as I just found the answer:

function clearDefault(el) {
if (el.defaultValue==el.value) el.value = ""
}

Next, you need to call this script from the onfocus event of your input
text box:

E-Mail:
INPUT TYPE=text
VALUE="E-Mail Address"
ONFOCUS="clearDefault(this)"

Hopefully this will help someone else

Steve

Murray *TMM* wrote:

Hey - use this:

input type="text" name="n" value="Your message"
onFocus="if(this.value==this.defaultValue)this.val ue=''"
onBlur="if(this.value=='')this.value=this.defaultV alue"

It works swell!

Thank you Murray, it works very nicely!

Steve

Yeah - I like it because it puts the default back when you click away if the
field has not been changed.

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"Dooza" <steve (AT) arse (DOT) dooza.tv> wrote

Murray *TMM* wrote:
Hey - use this:

input type="text" name="n" value="Your message"
onFocus="if(this.value==this.defaultValue)this.val ue=''"
onBlur="if(this.value=='')this.value=this.defaultV alue"

It works swell!


Thank you Murray, it works very nicely!

Steve

Murray *TMM* wrote:

Yeah - I like it because it puts the default back when you click away if the
field has not been changed.

That is the ideal way for it to work, and I am glad you posted it

becuase that reason alone made me not use the one that I found.

Steve

On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 17:39:58 +0000, Dooza <steve (AT) arse (DOT) dooza.tv> wrote:

That is the ideal way for it to work, and I am glad you posted it
becuase that reason alone made me not use the one that I found.

For an easy way to do it globally, see:
http://apptools.com/examples/dynamiceventhandler.php

Gary