# Input Text Question
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [August 25, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205 "2004-08-25T21:10:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 15
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@wizard](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/wizard)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2004, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/1 "2004-08-25T21:10:45Z")
Let me get right to the point – You’ve seen those Input Text Fields on web sites that have titles on them, i.e. Name, Email, Message, in the Text field itself.
Then, when you click on the the text field to type something in, the “title” disappears and you can type your info in.
Perfect example: [KurtNoble.com](http://www.kurtnoble.com/) (Under “contact”)
How do I do this?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2004, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/2 "2004-08-25T22:14:03Z")
AS Panel\>Objects\>Movie\>Text Field\>Methods\>onSetFocus
go play 😉
Prophet.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2004, 10:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/3 "2004-08-25T22:38:42Z")
> [@Prophet](#):
>
> AS Panel\>Objects\>Movie\>Text Field\>Methods\>onSetFocus
> go play 😉
>
> Prophet.
Very close… it was: AS Panel\>Objects\>Movie\>Text Field\> **Events** \>onSetFocus
Even so, that wasn’t much help to me… how about an explanation, or the ActionScript itself? :beam:
Thanks anyway.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/4 "2004-08-26T01:07:58Z")
you can test this:
input.onSetFocus=function(){
input.text=" ";
}
“input” is your textfield name.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/5 "2004-08-26T02:09:13Z")
Hey egoldy, I tried that earlier today and it does work. However, the thing I don’t like is that if you click on it a second time (once you’ve already typed something in it), it also erases that… and I don’t want people’s info being erased.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/6 "2004-08-26T03:31:40Z")
> [@wizard](#):
>
> Hey egoldy, I tried that earlier today and it does work. However, the thing I don’t like is that if you click on it a second time (once you’ve already typed something in it), it also erases that… and I don’t want people’s info being erased.
please check out my attachment files.
oh!.cannot upload?
[http://www.bggt.com.cn/ego/design/test1.swf](http://www.bggt.com.cn/ego/design/test1.swf)
fla:
[http://www.bggt.com.cn/ego/design/emailtest1.rar](http://www.bggt.com.cn/ego/design/emailtest1.rar)
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 3:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/7 "2004-08-26T03:38:39Z")
Okay, attach them and I’ll take a look at em’ 😛 .
_Edit: Oh there they are._
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/8 "2004-08-26T03:41:01Z")
you always online?
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/9 "2004-08-26T03:42:46Z")
Okay, that’s what I want, any chance you can post the .fla?
I’m not sure what the .rar file is for… if you can’t upload the .fla you could also email it to me at: forumwizard[at][yahoo.com](http://yahoo.com)
Thanks :thumb:
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/10 "2004-08-26T04:18:37Z")
the .rar file is fla .
you are welcome.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/11 "2004-08-26T05:35:00Z")
Ahhh, Mac.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/12 "2004-08-26T07:02:44Z")
add this AS into your first frame:
function focusToggle(name) {
if (this[name].text != “”) {
if (this[“tempStr\_”+name] == null) {
this[“tempStr\_”+name] = this[name].text;
trace(this[“tempStr\_”+name]);
}
if (this[name].text == this[“tempStr\_”+name]) {
this[name].text = “”;
}
} else {
this[name].text = this[“tempStr\_”+name];
}
}
a.tabIndex = 1;
b.tabIndex = 2;
c.tabIndex = 3;
d.tabIndex = 4;
a.onSetFocus = function() {
focusToggle(“a”);
};
a.onKillFocus = function() {
focusToggle(“a”);
};
b.onSetFocus = function() {
focusToggle(“b”);
};
b.onKillFocus = function() {
focusToggle(“b”);
};
c.onKillFocus = function() {
focusToggle(“c”);
};
c.onSetFocus = function() {
focusToggle(“c”);
};
d.onSetFocus = function() {
focusToggle(“d”);
};
d.onKillFocus = function() {
focusToggle(“d”);
};
a,b,c,d, is instanceName of the inputTextField.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 8:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/13 "2004-08-26T08:49:16Z")
If you want to make every thing from scratch add this to your first frame:
//tab index of input text fields
name\_str.tabIndex = 1;
company\_str.tabIndex = 2;
email\_str.tabIndex = 3;
subject\_str.tabIndex = 4;
message\_str.tabIndex = 5;
//input text field lables
name\_str.text = “Name”;
company\_str.text = “Company”;
email\_str.text = “Email”;
subject\_str.text = “Subject”;
message\_str.text = “Message”;
//clear input text field onFocus, if something typed in don’t clear input text field, if nothing typed in rename input text field onFocusKill
name\_str.onSetFocus = function() {
if (name\_str.text == “Name”) {
name\_str.text = “”;
}
};
name\_str.onKillFocus = function() {
if (name\_str.text == “”) {
name\_str.text = “Name”;
}
};
company\_str.onSetFocus = function() {
if (company\_str.text == “Company”) {
company\_str.text = “”;
}
};
company\_str.onKillFocus = function() {
if (company\_str.text == “”) {
company\_str.text = “Company”;
}
};
email\_str.onSetFocus = function() {
if (email\_str.text == “Email”) {
email\_str.text = “”;
}
};
email\_str.onKillFocus = function() {
if (email\_str.text == “”) {
email\_str.text = “Email”;
}
};
subject\_str.onSetFocus = function() {
if (subject\_str.text == “Subject”) {
subject\_str.text = “”;
}
};
subject\_str.onKillFocus = function() {
if (subject\_str.text == “”) {
subject\_str.text = “Subject”;
}
};
message\_str.onSetFocus = function() {
if (message\_str.text == “Message”) {
message\_str.text = “”;
}
};
message\_str.onKillFocus = function() {
if (message\_str.text == “”) {
message\_str.text = “Message”;
}
};
name\_str, company\_str, email\_str, subject\_str, message\_str, is the intance names of the input text fields
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/14 "2004-08-26T17:32:15Z")
holy jeezus… no, i didnt read all of the above… just thought id tell wizard to put an IF statement before he changes the value of his text box to nothing to see if its current value is equal to its default:
```auto
input.onSetFocus=function(){
if(input.text == "This was the text you had in here before users put their input in"){
input.text=""
}
}
```
Prophet.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 26, 2004, 6:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/input-text-question/62205/15 "2004-08-26T18:22:01Z")
headznet that worked perfectly… thank you very much :} .
And thanks to everyone else for your inputs as well, thank you.