Question

I’m trying to find a script that will fill a textfield of say an optin form with a text like ‘fill in your e-mail address’ and dissappear when click on. I know they’re all over the net but searching for it only returns javascript autofill scripts where suggestions are listed from a dropdown below the textfield.

Answer 1

This is what I use on my website Expiringlinks.co. Now, if you only want to apply this to one input, change $(‘input’) to $(‘#yourinputid’). The input field should have a value field that equals your before text.

var tempValue='';
    $('input').click(function(){
        tempValue = $(this).attr('value');
        $(this).attr('value','');

    });

    $('input').focusout(function(){
        if ($(this).attr('value')==''){
        $(this).attr('value',tempValue);
        }


    });

For you input field

<input type="text" value="Whatever you want to show before the click" />