Question

I`m trying to display default value in textarea,on click it should clear existing data and onblur it should display default text.Following is my code->

<textarea class="TextArea" id="appfield" name="appfield" style="height:44px;" rows="2" onfocus="deletetext(this)" onblur="filltext(this)" value="defaulttext"></textarea>

value is not displaying in textarea.what`s wrong???We have similar case in this website in Title textbox.I have to implement the same in my case.
Please suggest an answer.

Answer 1

You can use this

 <textarea  id="username"  name="username" 
onfocus="if(this.value=='somevalue') { this.value='';this.style.color='#333333';}" 

onblur="if(this.value=='') {this.value='somevalue'; this.style.color='#B2B2B2';}">
somevalue
</textarea>