# How to change the defualt font in a textbox

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-change-the-defualt-font-in-a-textbox/33771>\
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**Created:** [October 23, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-change-the-defualt-font-in-a-textbox/33771 "2003-10-23T13:21:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![kwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ee7513/32.png) [@kwing](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kwing)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-change-the-defualt-font-in-a-textbox/33771/1 "2003-10-23T13:21:18Z")

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ey i have a question…  
how do u change the font in a text box?  
i dont know how to do it please help.  
thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-change-the-defualt-font-in-a-textbox/33771/2 "2003-10-23T19:31:04Z")

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```php
<input type="text" name="blahhh!" size="10" style="font-family: Verdana">

```

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-change-the-defualt-font-in-a-textbox/33771/3 "2003-10-24T04:24:12Z")

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Viper you forgot value="your default value here"  
and to change it is like this.

```php
onFocus="this.value='';"

```

that will set the value to blank when the focus is on that control

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 5:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-change-the-defualt-font-in-a-textbox/33771/4 "2003-10-24T05:56:29Z")

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that’s css right?  
by the way…  
thanks!

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2003, 5:58am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-change-the-defualt-font-in-a-textbox/33771/5 "2003-10-24T05:58:57Z")

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no that is not css. you put that in your input tag for your form field.

If you want to use css in that onFocus here is the syntax:

onFocus=“this.className=‘your class here’”