# Dynamic Text Box Questions: Easy Enough

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-box-questions-easy-enough/93964>\
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**Created:** [November 6, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-box-questions-easy-enough/93964 "2003-11-06T21:30:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![REEF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ce73a5/32.png) [@REEF](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/REEF)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/dynamic-text-box-questions-easy-enough/93964/1 "2003-11-06T21:30:09Z")

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Here are some questions:[list=1]  
[_]How would I set a certain dynamic text boxes color of the outer border and the inner background? I’ve seen many sites do this. I don’t like making a rectangle for it seperately.  
[_]How would I make it so that, like for an input textbox, before you type anything in, it shows: **Please Input a Name** , and after you click in the input text box, before you start typing, the textbox clears the text.[/list]

- Thanks