clear form value when clicked

[Woodburn2006]

this seems really simple but i cannot seem to find this anywhere on the net but when i have a value in a form field i want it to disappear when a user clicks in the field to add their own value, i see it everywhere but cannot find the method of doint it myself

 

thanks alot

[dropfaith]

http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/1256

[tmbrown]

onclick="value='';"

Example:

<input type="text" name="MyTextBox" value="Some Value" onclick="value='';" />

From there on it becomes more complex.

[DarkWater]

tmbrown, that'll clear it out even if the user has the content that they want in the box.  You need to make sure that there isn't the default value in there:

 

<script type="text/javascript">
function clearThis(element) {
   if (element.defaultValue == element.value) {
      element.value = '';
   }
}
</script>

<input type="text" name="someinput" value="Enter something here!" onclick="clearThis(this)" />