Display default text in textbox issue.

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How do I set default text for asp.net textbox during page load and clear them when focused on? I have the Text property set to "0" but it will not clear when focus is set and I would like to keep the default value if there is nothing to input into the textbox.

Posted 6-Jan-14 13:01pm

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Karthik_Mahalingam · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-06T14:43:00

try this..

HTML

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
    <script src="jquery-1.10.2.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">

        $(function () {

            var txtbox = $('#<%= txtBoxControl.ClientID %>');
            var defaultText = txtbox.val();

            txtbox.focus(function () {
                if (txtbox.val() == defaultText)
                    txtbox.val("");
            });

            txtbox.blur(function () {
                if (txtbox.val().length == 0)
                    txtbox.val(defaultText);
            });

        });

        
        
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <form id="form1"  runat="server">
    <asp:TextBox ID="txtBoxControl" runat="server" Text="some default value">
    </form>
</body>
</html>

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