Here's what I have right now: $(document).ready(function() { $("form input:text").focus(function() { this.oldvalue = $(this).attr("value"); $(this).attr("value", ""); }).blur(function() { $(this).attr("value", this.oldvalue) }) })
But I'm sure it could be written better. Ideas? The main problem is that focusing on an already filled field will empty it...not sure how I'll work around that.