IMHO, the hint should be marked when the control gets focus so that it will be clear that the text will disappear. Chris
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nils Dagsson Moskopp Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 4:43 PM To: whatwg Subject: Re: [whatwg] Placeholder option for text input boxes Am Samstag, den 04.10.2008, 16:34 +0200 schrieb Kristof Zelechovski > IMHO, The hint should not disappear on focus. It should remain until > a new value is entered. This is a BAD idea for consistency reasons - historically only selected text disappears on input. Cheers, Nils
