text in input box

[abcdf]

I dont know what this is called or even how to pull it off though im sure it doesn't require much. Anyway I have a form I found and I am using for my email to SMS project and had a cool and handy little tweak Id like to do and have seen on many other forms on the web. So there is an input box in my form that asks for a cell phone number, I would like to have "Without Dashes" in gray text displayed inside the input box then vanish when the user clicks the input box. How do I pull that off?

Thanks

[Haywood]

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[Patrecia]

Good question my friend as something same was happening to me also and I did have the same questions but the awesome replies have helped me a lot really great one.The second reply is my favorite and I really love it thanks for the post keep updating my friend.

[CMRaper]

Hmm. just use javascript. Then on the onclick event of the text box do something like

var text = document.getElementById("txtnumber").value;
if (text!="Without Dashes"){
     document.getElementById("txtnumber").value = "";
}
Post Merge: 09-15-2013, 18:45:03
Java script or any client side scripting language you use, jquery will do also.

[seo-webservices]

Hi,

I think you already has a default value for your textbox like this:

<input name="xхx" value="abcdefg">

now you should see the on focus event on your input box:
<input name="xхx" id="xхx" value="abcdefg"  onfocus="hidevalue()">


<script type="text/javascript">
function hidevalue(){
    if(document.getElementbyId("xхx").value=="abcdefg"){
            document.getElementbyId("xхx").value="";
    }
}

</script>



Cheers
Nick