If input value is blank, assign a value of “empty” with Javascript

Question

So I have an input field, if it\'s blank, I want its value to be the words \"empty\", but if there is any value inputted, I want the value to be the inputted value. I want to us

Answer 1

I think the easiest way to solve this issue, if you only need it on 1 or 2 boxes is by using the HTML input's "onsubmit" function.

Check this out and i will explain what it does:

So we have created the HTML text box, assigned it a name ("val" in this case) and then we added the onsubmit code, this code checks to see if the current input box is empty and if it is, then, upon form submit it will fill it with the words empty.

Please note, this code should also function perfectly when using the HTML "Placeholder" tag as the placeholder tag doesn't actually assign a value to the input box.