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i have a Text box. in the text box by default will be show 'please enter your email id' and when user enter any word the text is remove and user test will be show. if the user does not write any thing the default text will be show.

Posted 24-Nov-13 17:43pm

Arvind Labhi

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King Fisher · Answer 1 · 2013-11-24T17:48:00

Solution 1

checkout this

Posted 24-Nov-13 17:48pm

King Fisher

Thanks7872 · Answer 2 · 2013-11-24T17:55:00

Solution 2

Try this code:

C#

<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" value="please enter your email id" onclick="if(this.value=='please enter your email id'){this.value=''}" onblur="if(this.value==''){this.value='please enter your email id'}"></asp:TextBox>

Posted 24-Nov-13 17:55pm

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Updated 24-Nov-13 17:56pm

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Mohd Arif Khan · Answer 3 · 2013-12-04T18:38:00

Solution 4

<asp:TextBox ID="txtMsg" runat="server" TextMode="MultiLine" placeholder="Message"></asp:TextBox>

you can also use placeholder for this purpose for e.g i have use Message as a watermark text here.

Posted 4-Dec-13 18:38pm

Mohd Arif Khan

Updated 4-Dec-13 23:17pm

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Charan_Kumar · Answer 4 · 2013-12-04T19:30:00

Solution 5

use placeholder

example:
placeholder="Please enter your email id"

Posted 4-Dec-13 19:30pm

Charan_Kumar

PDBHONGAON · Answer 5 · 2013-12-04T18:08:00

Solution 3

If you want to do this in a webpage than you can use watermark textbox of AJAX. It will give a great look an functionality rather than a normal textbox.
Check this out :- Check This [^]

Posted 4-Dec-13 18:08pm

PDBHONGAON