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Hey guys, so i'm not great with JavaScript since i mostly do HTML and C++...
ok, so i have a site with a "contact" box that sends me the users message. i want the text to clear when the user clicks on it, but for some reason, i can't get it right...
any help?
this is the html so far...
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<form action="gdform.asp" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Message from User" />
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="index.htm" />
<FONT size="2"><p align="center">
<INPUT type="text" name="Email Address" value="your email" id="Email Address" size="40"></text>
<FONT size="2"><p align="center">
<textarea name="Message" id="Message" cols="30" rows="5">message...</textarea>
<p align="center"><INPUT type="submit" name="Submit" value="Send">
<INPUT type="reset" name="reset" value="Cancel">
</FORM>
ok, so i have a site with a "contact" box that sends me the users message. i want the text to clear when the user clicks on it, but for some reason, i can't get it right...
any help?
this is the html so far...
...
<form action="gdform.asp" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Message from User" />
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="index.htm" />
<FONT size="2"><p align="center">
<INPUT type="text" name="Email Address" value="your email" id="Email Address" size="40"></text>
<FONT size="2"><p align="center">
<textarea name="Message" id="Message" cols="30" rows="5">message...</textarea>
<p align="center"><INPUT type="submit" name="Submit" value="Send">
<INPUT type="reset" name="reset" value="Cancel">
</FORM>
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All of your tags should be lowercase.
You need JavaScript to do something dynamic such as what you want..
You need JavaScript to do something dynamic such as what you want..
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: bangalore
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Re: Quick help w/ JavaScript clearing text <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> New Document </TITLE>
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Description" CONTENT="">
<script type="text/javascript">
function ValidateEmail(){
document.getElementById('Email Address').innerText = "";
}
function ValidateMessage(){
document.getElementById('Message').innerText = "";
}
function Validate(){
document.getElementById('Email Address').innerText = "";
document.getElementById('Message').innerText = "";
}
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<form action="gdform.asp" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Message from User" />
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="index.htm" />
<p align="center">
<INPUT type="text" name="Email Address" value="your email" id="Email Address" size="40" onClick="ValidateEmail()"></p>
<p align="center"><textarea name="Message" id="Message" cols="30" rows="5" onClick="ValidateMessage()">message...</textarea></p>
<p align="center"><INPUT type="submit" name="Submit" value="Send">
<INPUT type="button" name="reset" value="Cancel" onClick="Validate()">
</p>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
I HOPE THIS WILL HELP YOU
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> New Document </TITLE>
<META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Author" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Keywords" CONTENT="">
<META NAME="Description" CONTENT="">
<script type="text/javascript">
function ValidateEmail(){
document.getElementById('Email Address').innerText = "";
}
function ValidateMessage(){
document.getElementById('Message').innerText = "";
}
function Validate(){
document.getElementById('Email Address').innerText = "";
document.getElementById('Message').innerText = "";
}
</script>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<form action="gdform.asp" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="subject" value="Message from User" />
<input type="hidden" name="redirect" value="index.htm" />
<p align="center">
<INPUT type="text" name="Email Address" value="your email" id="Email Address" size="40" onClick="ValidateEmail()"></p>
<p align="center"><textarea name="Message" id="Message" cols="30" rows="5" onClick="ValidateMessage()">message...</textarea></p>
<p align="center"><INPUT type="submit" name="Submit" value="Send">
<INPUT type="button" name="reset" value="Cancel" onClick="Validate()">
</p>
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
I HOPE THIS WILL HELP YOU
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