First, I'm not sure whether this goes in the w/code or w/o code forum, but since it has new code, I'll post in the w/ code Forum. Feel free to move it if necessary.
For a few days, I've been trying to figure out how to include text in a text box, make that text disappear when the user clicks in the box (onFocus) and reappear if the user doesn't enter any info (onBlur), all without any Javascript. I'm using this bit of code on a few text boxes on my site, but not on my forum, because I think it might confuse some people who think that the text is their information retrieved from a cookie.
I'm not sure how useful this will be to anybody, but I know some forums use this type of code, so I'm posting it here in case anybody finds it useful, either for their forum or for their website.
Demo: http://www.testmagic.com/forum_02/ (this is a test forum, and won't be there forever!)
In inc_header.asp, my line 364 add the parts in red:
Response.Write " <td><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strFooterFontSize & """><b>Username:</b></font><br />" & vbNewLine & _
" <input type=""text"" value=""username"" onBlur=""if(this.value==''){this.value='username';}"" onFocus=""if(this.value=='username'){this.value='';}""name=""Name"" size=""10"" maxLength=""25"" value=""""></td>" & vbNewLine & _
" <td><font face=""" & strDefaultFontFace & """ size=""" & strFooterFontSize & """><b>Password:</b></font><br />" & vbNewLine & _
" <input type=""password"" name=""Password"" value=""password"" onBlur=""if(this.value==''){this.value='password';}"" onFocus=""if(this.value=='password'){this.value='';}""size=""10"" maxLength=""25"" value=""""></td>" & vbNewLine & _
" <td valign=""bottom"">" & vbNewLine
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Posted - 23 February 2003 : 17:49:21
