Question

I have the following code:

$('#name1').focus(function() {
    if ($(this).val() == 'start value') {
        console.log($(this).val()); // this prints "start value"
        $(this).val() == ''
    }

What I am trying to do is when a user focuses on the text input #name1, the field’s value will disappear. However, the above does nothing, and the text value stays the same. Why is this occurring and what do I need to change?

Answer 1

$('#name1').focus(function() {
    if ($(this).val() == 'start value') {
        console.log($(this).val()); // this prints "start value"
        $(this).val("");
    }

You must write assigning value in parentheses like this $(this).val("");