Default text that disappears when clicked in to.

[usuggestaname]

Is there a way of including instructional default text in a text field that disappears when the user clicks in to the field to type their information, and if so, can it reappear if the person doesn't add data and clicks out of the text field?

Thanks.

[_Bruce_Robertson]

Have a look at this sample, http://cookbooks.adobe.com/post_Adding_Ghost_Text_to_LiveCycle_Designer_form-18436.html

[usuggestaname]

Thanks for that suggestion.

The explanation made sense but I am pretty new to scripting - where should the text I would like to include as a grey instruction sit within the scripting. And what do the different colours of the script text in the explanation mean - should it all be included?

Thanks for your help.

[radzmar · Accepted solution]

Hi,

BR001's sample grabs the text from the tooltip in the accessibilty pallette.

The main part of the script is the one you put in the initialize event.

The other scripts for the text colors etc. are optional.

[usuggestaname]

Works perfectly now - thanks for that!