Thank you! IE 7 throws an error "something about not supporting an
object"..
FireFox is happy and FireBug does not display an error.

Now if someone were to type in a search word.. then focus away for
whatever reason.. then click back in, the search box would clear
again..
Firebug also at that point throws:


c[j].apply is not a function
e(Object type=click target=input#searchBox.input)jquery-svn.js (line
11)
e()jquery-svn.js (line 11)
[Break on this error] eval(function(p,a,c,k,e,r){e=function(c)
{return(c<a?'':e(parseInt(c/a)))+((c=c%a...


On Oct 1, 9:23 am, Karl Swedberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there, try using .focus() instead:
>
>         $("#searchBox").focus(function() {
>                 $(this).attr("value","");
>         });
>
> Hopefully that'll get you want you want.
>
> --Karl
> _________________
> Karl Swedbergwww.englishrules.comwww.learningjquery.com
>
> On Oct 1, 2007, at 8:38 AM, Danjojo wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > I am trying to clear an input search box's value.
>
> > When the page loads the value is set. I.e.:
>
> > <input id="searchBox" name="searchBox" type="text" class="input"
> > style="width: 100px;" value="Search term or part #">
>
> > I want to set it to blank when the user clicks the box to enter a
> > value:
>
> >    $("#searchBox").click(function() {
> >            $("#searchBox").attr("value","");
> >    });
>
> > I have tried a couple things but I keep getting errors..
>
> >    $("#searchBox").click(function() {
> >            $(this).attr("value","");
> >    });- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

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