[solved]Blank onfocus With Comment Forms

[MacMuttonchops]

Hey all,

I've edited my comments.php to put a value inside the comments form (instead of outside like in the templates) and now I'm trying to get the value disappear when the user clicks inside the form box. However, adding a simple

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onfocus="this.value=''"

isn't cutting it, as I'm getting all kinds of errors when I reload. Anyone know of a better solution?

Thanks!

[joshua.s.belanger]

Can you post or PM me the comments.php file please?

[joshua.s.belanger]

I was able to get it to work with a javascript function... In comments.php find:

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$comlen = '';

Delete that line.

Find:

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$extras = show_extras ('comment_form', 'comment', $smilcom, $bbc);

Just above add:

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   $comlen = <<< html
<script type="text/javascript">
function clearText(field){
    if (field.defaultValue == field.value) field.value = '';
    else if (field.value == '') field.value = field.defaultValue;

}
</script>
html;

Now for you form elements they should look like:

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<input type="text" size="$1" name="name" id="name" value="Name" onFocus="clearText(this)" onBlur="clearText(this)" />

Let me know how that works.

[MacMuttonchops]

Thanks! Works perfect now. I think you made a typo in your code though:

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<input type="text" size="$1" name="name" id="name" value="Name" onFocus="clearText(this)" onBlur="clearText(this)" />

I had to add a " and remove a > to get it to work. Just thought I'd post that in case someone else was using this to get it to work.

Thanks again!

[joshua.s.belanger]

oops! Nice catch. I updated my original post to make it easier for people.