How to clear a textbox onfocus?

Question

I\'ve tried this but it doesn\'t work:

$(function() {
    $(\'input[type=text]\').focus(function() {
      $(this).val() == \'\';
      });
 });

Answer 1

To set the value, you have to pass the new value as a parameter. This is a funky thing with the .val() jQuery function.

$(this).val('')

take a look at the jQuery API and search for 'val'