Creating an eBay style search form...

[Mark]

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.

I have looked at the source code for the page but nothing is jumping out at
me...

Any ideas?

TIA

Mark

[Philip Ronan]

"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;">

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[Mark]

oh yeah!!! that's the puppy

nice one Phil

you da man...
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"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;">

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phil [dot] ronan @ virgin [dot] net
http://vzone.virgin.net/phil.ronan/

[Toby Inkster]

Mark wrote:

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.

http://tobyinkster.co.uk/

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[Safalra]

Toby Inkster wrote:

Mark wrote:

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.

http://tobyinkster.co.uk/

Erm...

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[Roy Schestowitz]

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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[Jasen Betts]

In article <1124363346.4748cc1f2b359c6ed4061513fe72c2c8@teran ews>, 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.

I have looked at the source code for the page but nothing is jumping out at
me...

Any ideas?

<input type="text" name="this" value="START NEW SEARCH"
onfocus="if (this.value == 'START NEW SEARCH') this.value='';" >

or something similar.

Bye.
Jasen