Question

I have a form like this:

<form action="search.php" class='search' method='GET'>
<input 
    type="text/submit"
    class="home_search_area"
    value="Search"
    name="search" 
    onblur="if(value=='') value = 'Search'" 
    onfocus="if(value=='Search') value = ''"
 /></form>

Now my form hides word “Search” on focus. I want to show text “Press enter to start searching” outside textarea onfocus. How can I do this?

Answer 1

add an element under the input field:

<div id="tips"></div>

add to the onfocus event:

onfocus="if(value=='Search') value = ''; document.getElementById('tips').innerHTML = 'Press enter...'"