TextBox with default value

Question

I want to use a text box with text.

For example: [e-mail]. When the user clicks on it, the text field is cleared and ready for user input.

Answer 1

If you are working on newer browsers, you can use the placeholder property, which is new in HTML 5

 <asp:TextBox ID="textBox1" runat="server" placeholder=" [e-mail] "></asp:TextBox> 

otherwise you can also use the onfocus and onblur event for this, as described here

Answer 2

you can use it so simple

  <input class="status" type="text" size="5" placeholder="started" /> 

placeholder show you the text you want

Hope this helps you!

Answer 3

You can do the following:

• Add a text box to your web page.
• Set the default text in the obj.Text property.
• Add properties (focus and blur events).
• In the focal event, check to see if value = [e-mail] , and then an empty text field.
• When blurring, check if the text field is empty, then set the text: [e-mail]

Hope that helps

Answer 4

You can use this as

 <TextBox ID="txtone" runat="server" tooltip="Enter comments" onblur="if(this.value=='') this.value=' [e-mail] ';" onfocus="if(this.value == ' [e-mail] ') this.value='';" Text=" [e-mail] "></TextBox> 

Answer 5

Try this to manage your server:

 <asp:TextBox ID="textBox1" runat="server" placeholder=" [e-mail] "></asp:TextBox> 

For an HTML control:

 <input Type="Text" ID="textBox1" placeholder=" [e-mail] " /> 

Answer 6

You can use this ajax if you need a cross browser compatible version.

 <ajaxToolkit:TextBoxWatermarkExtender ID="EmailClear" runat="server" TargetControlID="EmailAddress" WatermarkText=" [e-mail] " /> 

You just need to add this under each field.