Comments on: Making text in inputs disappear when you click on it http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/2008/10/making-text-in-inputs-disappear-when-you-click-on-it/ The goat loves the water Thu, 31 Mar 2011 08:57:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Luc http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/2008/10/making-text-in-inputs-disappear-when-you-click-on-it/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Luc Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:09:54 +0000 http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/?p=117#comment-123 @Andrew P - that's certainly another way round the problem - I try to be descriptive in the fields though, and thus far no-one has a username/email of "Your email address". I use another function for validation/styling.... @Andrew P – that’s certainly another way round the problem – I try to be descriptive in the fields though, and thus far no-one has a username/email of “Your email address”. I use another function for validation/styling….

]]> By: Andrew P http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/2008/10/making-text-in-inputs-disappear-when-you-click-on-it/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Andrew P Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:24:36 +0000 http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/?p=117#comment-122 Hi Luc, I prefer to not use the defaultValue as it allows for the corner case of the person wanting to type in the same value in a field as the default without affecting the clearing behavior. By attaching a class, and using this to define if the field has been used, it also allows for styling to be applied. Hi Luc, I prefer to not use the defaultValue as it allows for the corner case of the person wanting to type in the same value in a field as the default without affecting the clearing behavior. By attaching a class, and using this to define if the field has been used, it also allows for styling to be applied.

]]> By: Luc http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/2008/10/making-text-in-inputs-disappear-when-you-click-on-it/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Luc Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:33:18 +0000 http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/?p=117#comment-121 I've got a jQuery function that makes this particular problem very very easy - all you have to do is add this after your document.ready() and change the #id : www.project14.co.uk/hosted/jquery-dissapear.txt (I wasn't sure if the comments would mangle the script or not) I’ve got a jQuery function that makes this particular problem very very easy – all you have to do is add this after your document.ready() and change the #id :
http://www.project14.co.uk/hosted/jquery-dissapear.txt (I wasn’t sure if the comments would mangle the script or not)

]]> By: kat http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/2008/10/making-text-in-inputs-disappear-when-you-click-on-it/comment-page-1/#comment-118 kat Fri, 24 Oct 2008 09:40:24 +0000 http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/?p=117#comment-118 Wow! I'm glad you guys found this stuff as useful as me! Will update post with some of the javascript stuff when I figure it out :) Wow! I’m glad you guys found this stuff as useful as me! Will update post with some of the javascript stuff when I figure it out :)

]]> By: Dan http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/2008/10/making-text-in-inputs-disappear-when-you-click-on-it/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Dan Fri, 24 Oct 2008 07:50:14 +0000 http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/?p=117#comment-117 Well you've successfully wierded me out. This was one of the things on my "get this fixed" list for a client project and low and behold, you blog the solution. Thanks :) Well you’ve successfully wierded me out. This was one of the things on my “get this fixed” list for a client project and low and behold, you blog the solution.

Thanks :)

]]> By: Ewan http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/2008/10/making-text-in-inputs-disappear-when-you-click-on-it/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Ewan Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:34:27 +0000 http://www.safetygoat.co.uk/?p=117#comment-116 I knew about this.select(), but the first one is even better. Have just applied to 4 or 5 search boxes. Thanks! I knew about this.select(), but the first one is even better. Have just applied to 4 or 5 search boxes. Thanks!

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