# On click inside text field erase its name

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-click-inside-text-field-erase-its-name/281836>\
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**Created:** [February 13, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-click-inside-text-field-erase-its-name/281836 "2009-02-13T17:58:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/on-click-inside-text-field-erase-its-name/281836/1 "2009-02-13T17:58:49Z")

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Hi

I have a textfield, and I put the field legend inside it. I want the text “type your name” to be erase once user click inside the textfield. How can I do that? And the reverse, if the text was lived empty show again “type your name”?

Thanks