On May 22, 2007, at 3:35 AM, Stijn Peeters wrote:
It is becoming increasingly common to have an input field clear its
value when it is first focused. Though in a lot of cases this is
actually wrong usage of the value="" attribute for something which
should actually be done with <label> (such as a search box filled with
"Enter search query here" that becomes empty when you first click it),
Indeed.
it is possible to come up with legitimate use cases; the first thing
that comes to mind are input fields with placeholder or default values
that may need to be changed. This goes well together with WF2's new
abilities for prefilling forms.
It makes sense to clear these values when the field is focused, as the
user will probably want to insert a new value rather than edit the
value that is currently in it.
...
I don't understand. What use is a default value if you can't edit it?
Why not make the field empty to begin with?
Cheers
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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
