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Posts Tagged ‘onblur’

Clearing contents of a input box when a user clicks in it

a post by Alec, filed in Computer, Websites, how to, html, internet, media, technology on January 18th, 2008. Read the full post »

One of the most annoying things I find in a website is a search bar that says “Search Here…” or something of those likes, because when you click in that box you have to manually erase the text, it is not a big thing but it is very easy to solve. All you need to do is copy and paste this code into the <input /> tag.

Code Snippet:
onfocus="this.value=''"

Full Code:
<input type="text" name="test" value="search" onfocus="this.value=''" />

Example:

Now this won’t work if the user has Javascript turned off, but that is their fault not yours. This only works on <input type=”text” />

Look for my article on the basics of CSS soon.