Question

I have the following script.

<input style="color: #ccc" type="text" value="something" name="country"  
onFocus="if (this.value == 'something') {
    this.value='';this.style.color='black';}" 
onblur="if (this.value != 'something') {
    this.value='something'}" />
<input  type="submit" value="save"  />

On blur, the input value is set to a default value, as it’s supposed to. When i click on submit button, the value is also set to “something”; when submitting, i need to post the data the user wrote in the input, rather than the default.

What can I do if I want that when I click on submit button, the input value doesn’t change?
thanks

Answer 1

I think this is what you’re after

 <input style="color: #ccc" type="text" value="something" name="country"  
onFocus="if (this.value == 'something') {
    this.value='';this.style.color='black';}"
  onblur="if(this.value == ''){this.value = 'something'}" />
<input  type="submit" value="save"  />