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Topic: Javascript forms: detect tab click

Posted By: aj2taylo
Subject: Javascript forms: detect tab click
Date Posted: 29 May 2003 at 6:12am

Hey there,

I'm trying to find a way to clear the default values out of some text fields when a user clicks on them or tabs into them. I know how to do it when the user simply clicks on the text field (onClick = "this.value=''"), but not sure how to determine if the user has entered the text field via a tab click.

Any tips are appreciated. Thanks.

Replies:

Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 29 May 2003 at 7:09am

don't use onClick...use onFocus

onFocus = "this.value=''"

Posted By: aj2taylo
Date Posted: 29 May 2003 at 7:26am

Thanks!