Replace text in text field when new text is typed.

[dinoviapangea]

I have a text field such as below,

<input type="text" name="email" value="Enter an email" size="40" maxlength="100">

I want the "Enter an email" to disappear when a user begins to type their email address.

Thanks,
Dino

 

[mwolf00]

<input type="text" name="email" value="Enter an email" size="40" maxlength="100" [blue]onFocus="this.select()"[/blue]>

This will select the text so that if the user starts to type, it will be removed, but if they don't it will remain

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[Kendel]

You can do something like this:

<input type="text" name="email" value="Enter an email" size="40" maxlength="100" onClick="this.value=''">

 

[Kendel]

you are quick mwolf00!