Javascript text input fields that display instruction (placeholder) text

Question

What\'s the best way to have a text input field that displays instructions of what to enter in that field in gray. When you focus on that input field, the gray instruction text

Answer 1

Make the input transparent and put the text behind it. Check the value onload, onblur to decide if the text should be visible or not. Make it invisible onfocus.

For example: http://dorward.me.uk/tmp/label-work/example.html (you just need to style the label and input with different foreground colours)