By way of example, here's what I'm currently using. I'm not happy with the textarea actions, though.
http://dev.ficclaims.com/test/textbox.php Would it be smarter to use a textarea and switch it to an input[type=text] on click? Thanks, -Wayne On Oct 17, 1:16 pm, Wayne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to prompt for input within the field using the Example > plugin (http://plugins.jquery.com/project/example). The idea is that > I'm styling my input field to be unsually large when the user types > (it will be no more than a 4 or 5 digits), so I can use closer to > normal size text as the prompt. > > I know I can do this with a textarea, but it's semantically incorrect, > and using the return key creates a new line. I don't want to shoehorn > the simple input into a textarea, but I want the prompt to be > meaningful, like "Enter a measurement for this baseline," instead of > "type here" or whatever short message I could use. I also like the > amount of space that it takes up visually with two lines. > > What is a better way of doing this? Should I just use a jEditable > element and style it to look like a form input? > > -Wayne
