Text in HTML Field to disappear when clicked?

Question

I can easily create a html input field that has text already in it. But when the user clicks on the input field the text doesn\'t disappears but stays there. The user then h

Answer 1

try this one out.

<label for="user">user</label>
<input type="text" name="user" 
onfocus="if(this.value==this.defaultValue)this.value=''"    
onblur="if(this.value=='')this.value=this.defaultValue" 
value="username" maxlength="19" />

hope this helps.