- From: Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@myrealbox.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 03:42:42 +1200
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 -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/
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