Re: "helper text" (like 'Search' on Wiki search input) for inputText

[Jurgen Lust]

Seems to me like it's a simple onFocus, onBlur kind of trick. We have a search box component at Ghent university that changes the background color of the inputText that way:
These lines in the renderer are all it takes:

            writer.writeAttribute(
                "onfocus", "this.style.background='';", null
            );
            writer.writeAttribute(
                "onblur", " this.style.background='';", null
            );


Jurgen

2006/5/10, Mike Kienenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

I've been asked to add a "helper text" effect like what we see on the
MyFaces wiki:

http://wiki.apache.org/myfaces/

See how it's got the word "Search" in the search box which disappears
as soon as you type something in?   That's what I need.

Sadly, MoinMoin is GNU GPL licensed, so I don't dare look at the
_javascript_ to see how it's done, and my _javascript_ skill is limited to
what I can cut and paste off someone else's site :)

Seems like this would be a cool addition to t:inputText.

-Mike