Making a text box do something question?

[Redlightpacket]

I want a textbox to delete the text I got in it when I click in it.

Then I type in what I got to type.

 

 

I need code to do this.

[dezkit]

javascript

[DarkWater]

This is Javascript, but whatever.  First of all, give the textarea an ID like "sometextarea" with the id attribute.  Then do:

 

<textarea id="sometextarea" onFocus="clear('sometextarea')">Enter some text!</textarea>

 

Then the Javascript would be:

<script type="text/javascript">

function clear(name) {

  elem = document.getElementById(name);

  if (elem.value = elem.defaultValue) {

         elem.value = '';

  }

}

</script>

[Stooney]

I'm not good with javascript, but couldn't you make it easier by doing something like:

<textarea id="sometextarea" onFocus="this.value=''">Enter some text!</textarea>

 

I could always be wrong as usual

[DarkWater]

Then you'd be removing the value even if they already entered their value then refocused.  And my script doesn't want to work for some reason, but I'll fix it in a few minutes.  Gotta go get something. xD

[Stooney]

True you have a point.  I didn't quite think that out all the way.

[Redlightpacket]

what do you call this in javascript?

 

[Redlightpacket]

I found some code on the net, but thanks for helping.

 

http://javascript.programmershelp.co.uk/cleartextjs.php

[DarkWater]

LOL turns out that functions named "clear" don't work. =P