Guess, you shouln't use attr('value'). Just use .val('Default text')
You've mixed up value of textarea and attribute named “value”.
On Dec 27, 3:30 pm, Giri <dasthag...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is my jascritpt code
> <script language="text/javascript">
> //<![CDATA[
>
> jQuery(document).ready(function() {
>
> jQuery('#text-area-id').blur(function() {
> if (jQuery(this).val() == '') {
> jQuery(this).attr('value', 'Default Text');
> }
> });
> jQuery('#text-area-id').focus(function() {
> if (jQuery(this).attr('value') == 'Default Text'') {
> jQuery(this).val('');
> }
> });}
>
> //]]>
> </script>
>
> I am showing 'Default Text' in text area, and when focus is there it
> will clear the text area and shows empty text area for user input, and
> on Blur it will reset to "Default Text" if the input is empty. This
> whole javascript is in model dialog. This works only one time , ie.
> first time when DOM is loaded, and following invocations it failed
> invoke blur and focus. Please let me know what is issue with this
> approach.
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