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[sparrowdog]

I'm doing an artwork overhaul on a 4.1.6 site and I want to set a word as the initial value in the search box.

In straight HTML I would use value="blah blah", but the value is already set in the x-cart box as value="{$search_prefilled.substring|escape}"

How can I go about getting the word 'Search' to appear as an initial value in the search box without disturbing what x-cart as in there already?

[carlisleglass]

try ...

<input type="text" name="posted_data[substring]" {if $search_prefilled.substring|escape}value="{$search_prefilled.substring|escape}"{else}value="Enter search term"  autocomplete="off" onKeyUp="ajax_showOptions(this,'getProduct',event)" onfocus="if(this.value=='Enter search term') this.value='';" onblur="if(this.value=='') this.value=this.defaultValue;"{/if} />

[totaltec]

An underused html attribute that works in modern browsers is placeholder.

Use it like this <input type="text" placeholder="blah, blah">.

I used to do it with javascript, but this works great.

[sparrowdog]

Thanks Darren. The javascript worked a charm.