How can I clear the input text after clicking

Question

Using jQuery, how can I clear the input text after I made a click? By default, the value remains in the input field.

For example, I have an input text and the value is <

Answer 1

If you need placeholder like behavior. you can use this.

$("selector").data("DefaultText", SetYourDefaultTextHere);
// You can also define the DefaultText as attribute and access that using attr() function

$("selector").focus(function(){
if($(this).val() == $(this).data("DefaultText"))
   $(this).val('');
});