How to clear a textbox using javascript

Question

I have a

I need a javascript method to clear the value of the textbox when the focus is

Answer 1

Give this in input tag of textbox:

onClick="(this.value='')" 

Answer 2

Use the onfocus and onblur events like this:

<input type="text" name="yourName" value="A new value" onfocus="if (this.value == 'A new value') this.value = '';" onblur="if (this.value == '') this.value = 'A new value';">

Answer 3

Onfous And onblur Text box with javascript

   <input type="text" value="A new value" onfocus="if(this.value=='A new value') this.value='';" onblur="if(this.value=='') this.value='A new value';"/>

Answer 4

Simple one

onfocus="javascript:this.value=''" onblur="javascript: if(this.value==''){this.value='Search...';}"

Answer 5

If using jQuery is acceptable:

jQuery("#myTextBox").focus( function(){ 
    $(this).val(""); 
} );

Answer 6

just get element using

   function name()
   {  
   document.getElementById('elementid').value = "";
   }

you can call this function on onfocus event of textbox and clear the value