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hellolabs on 09/19/07

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JQuery: onclick inputbox clear

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('#filterbox') = inputbox identifier (this.value==' enter text to filter candidates') = default-state text this.value=' ' = onclick-state text

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// onclick inputbox clear
 
$(document).ready(function(){
 
 $('#filterbox').focus(function(){
  if(this.value==' enter text to filter candidates')
  {
  this.value=' '
  }
 });
 
});

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