Notes/Domino XPages Development Forum - Field hint in a xpage edit box

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~Olga Umponeburlen

Feb 13, 2013, 9:04 AM

41 Posts

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Field hint in a xpage edit box

Category: Extension Library
Platform: All
Release: 8.5.3
Role: Developer
Tags: Field Hint
Replies: 2

Dear Team,

I want to use field hint in a edit box just like you see the lotus forum in a right hand side given search field and in the field display Search.... when user type in this field automatic field is blank.

I want to use same in my application.

http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/xpagesforum.nsf/byMostRecent.xsp

~Emile Lopfoogenettu

Feb 14, 2013, 10:13 AM

16 Posts

Re: Field hint in a xpage edit box

You can do this using tradition Client side Javascript. I normally use:

<input onfocus="if(this.value==this.defaultValue){this.value=''}" onblur="if(this.value==''){this.value=this.defaultValue};"size="17" value="Enter Search words here"....

HTH

/John

~Evelyn Kiboositerynds

Feb 15, 2013, 4:59 PM

50 Posts

Re: Field hint in a xpage edit box

Another, perhaps cleaner option, is to set dojoType on the field to dijit.form.TextBox and add the "placeholder" attribute. This will, of course, necessitate setting the page up to use dojo. This will also open up the possibility of using the trim and ...case attributes and other nifty dojo things.