Input Field Deleting Value.

Anon

I have a basic php/html Input field which i've altered with css. I have set values at Name and Email. I would like to know how to would make it so that When you click the box it highlights the whole box so that when you type it deletes the value (name) and replaces it with what you are typeing without having to delete it manually. Or even perhaps just clear it when you click o it and when you click off if you haven\'t typed anything it just resets the field to the initial value. PLEASE help me out... any help would be appreciated.

zhabala

You have to look at JavaScript commands, it is not solvable by PHP. PHP is server side oriented language, JavaScript is client side oriented.

Zdenek

lanbor

I hope my code is useful:

<head>
<script language="javascript">
function setBehavior(oInput,sValue)
{
if (o = eval("window."+oInput)) {

o.onchange = function(){this.modify=true}
o.onfocus = function(){if(!this.modify)this.value=''}
o.onblur = function(){if(!this.modify)this.value=sValue}

}
}

function setAllInput()
{
setBehavior('theName','Your name plz !!!');
setBehavior('theEmail','Your Email plz !!!');
setBehavior('theAge','Your Age plz !!!');
}
</script>
</head>
<BODY onload="setAllInput()">
<input name="theName" value="your name plz !!!">
<input name="theEmail" value="your email plz !!!">
<input name="theAge" value="your age plz !!!">
</BODY>

Anon

Oh thank god! lanbor, you are my hero!
and Zdenek thanks for you explaination... That would explan alot. hehe

Anon

Ok, so it didn't work.. i have no clue why...
so i'll explan my situation...

I have index.shtml. I am server side includeing the left and right colum... In the right colum (rightcolum.shtml) i server side included newsletter.php. I've tried altering your code, lanbor, to fit my stuff and putting it in index.shtml doesn't work... tried putting it in rightcolum.shtml, didn't work... and then even tried echoing the code with the input boxes... but that doesn't work... so i'm not sure what to do... A little explaination would help...

Anon

Mwhaha! I've learned PHP... Just 3 days ago i was clueless and now i've learned! hehe So yea, i know how to deal with this problem with the javascript landor gave me and the post and all that... mwhaha i'm so happy and nobody will ever see this again because its so old.