Re: Creating an eBay style search form...

[Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Philip Ronan wrote:

> "Mark" wrote:
> 
>> Hi all
>> 
>> I want to recreate the search box that is at the top right of most eBay
>> pages.
>> 
>> The aspect that I am specifically talking about, is the "START NEW
>> SEARCH" test that is in the box by default, that disappears immediately
>> you click in the text box.
> 
> Is this what you mean?
> 
> <INPUT type="text" value="Search" onfocus="if
> (this.value==this.defaultValue) this.value='';" onblur="if
> (this.value=='') this.value=this.defaultValue;">

Or this one:

<input type="text" name="q" value="&laquo; search term &raquo;"
onfocus="this.value=(this.value=='&laquo; search term &raquo;') ? '' :
this.value;" 
onblur="this.value=(this.value=='') ? '&laquo; search term &raquo;' :
this.value;">

Which is essentially the same, but still...

Roy

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