Rails - Aug 2007 - Clear text_area value onfocus

Hi!

I have a "text_area" that looks like this...

<%= text_area ''business'',
''otherDigitalDesc'', "cols" => 25,
"rows" =>
4, "value" => "Enter Description if Yes..." %>

Right now, if I submit it, it adds "Enter Description if Yes" into the
database.  It would be nice to not have it enter this, but if a user
clicks on the box, it clears this out.  I''m thinking of using onfocus,
but my only fear is that if somebody clicks off and then back onto the
box, won''t it clear their description?  Is there a better/easier way
to do this?


Thanks,
mike


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Hey!

How about this:

"onfocus" => "this.value='''';
this.onfocus=null;"

I can''t claim credit for this; I stole it from:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum91/3145.htm

Hope it helps though!

- Louis.

On Aug 17, 7:47 pm, "wiz...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org"
<wiz...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I have a "text_area" that looks like this...
>
> <%= text_area ''business'',
''otherDigitalDesc'', "cols" => 25,
"rows" =>
> 4, "value" => "Enter Description if Yes..." %>
>
> Right now, if I submit it, it adds "Enter Description if Yes"
into the
> database.  It would be nice to not have it enter this, but if a user
> clicks on the box, it clears this out.  I''m thinking of using
onfocus,
> but my only fear is that if somebody clicks off and then back onto the
> box, won''t it clear their description?  Is there a better/easier
way
> to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> mike

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I would like to do the same thing. It would be nice to not have to
have a label for the text field in some circumstances. I''ve seen this
done really well but I can''t find a way to do it properly in rails. I
don''t know what to even search for. Any ideas?



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Hi!

Thanks for the information.  This actually works really well....but
now I have a second/original problem.

How do I make it so that "Enter Description if Yes" does not get
entered into the database, while a real answer does?  For example, if
nobody clicks on the textboxes, it will enter "Enter Description if
Yes" into the db.  Is there something in the model or controller I can
say "if value = "Enter Description if Yes" { don''t put
in } else { put
in db}"?

Thanks!
Mike



On Aug 17, 2:41 pm,
"louismr...-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org"
<louismr...-gM/Ye1E23mwN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
wrote:
> Hey!
>
> How about this:
>
> "onfocus" => "this.value='''';
this.onfocus=null;"
>
> I can''t claim credit for this; I stole it
from:http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum91/3145.htm
>
> Hope it helps though!
>
> - Louis.
>
> On Aug 17, 7:47 pm,
"wiz...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org"
<wiz...-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> > Hi!
>
> > I have a "text_area" that looks like this...
>
> > <%= text_area ''business'',
''otherDigitalDesc'', "cols" => 25,
"rows" =>
> > 4, "value" => "Enter Description if Yes..."
%>
>
> > Right now, if I submit it, it adds "Enter Description if
Yes" into the
> > database.  It would be nice to not have it enter this, but if a user
> > clicks on the box, it clears this out.  I''m thinking of using
onfocus,
> > but my only fear is that if somebody clicks off and then back onto the
> > box, won''t it clear their description?  Is there a
better/easier way
> > to do this?
>
> > Thanks,
> > mike

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