[pmwiki-users] searchbox that clears

adam overton a at plus1plus1plus.org
Mon Apr 9 02:05:52 CDT 2012


well, after much toil, this is what i came up with to solve my problem. i still wonder if there is a simpler method than this?

in config:

# this checks to see if the input has "clear" in the class-attribute, i.e. class="searchbox clear" would trigger it
$InputTags['text'][':html'] = "<input type='text' \$InputFormArgs  
	onfocus=\"if(this.getAttribute('class').indexOf('clear')!=-1) holdValue=this.value; this.value=''\" 
	onblur=\"if(this.getAttribute('class').indexOf('clear')!=-1) this.value=holdValue;\" />";

in PmWiki, i figured out how to make a form that duplicates (:searchbox:):

(:input form class="wikisearch" action="http://mysite.com/Search/index" method=get:)
(:input hidden name='target' value='Search/':)
(:input hidden name='list' value='nocoregroups':)
(:input hidden name='fmt' value='#SearchPageFmt':)
(:input hidden name='action' value="search":)
(:input text class="inputbox searchbox clear" name="q" value="search" size="19" default="search":)
(:input submit value="go" class="searchbutton":)
(:input end:)


again, would be nice to figure out how to add a class of "clear" to a searchbox, but found that (:searchbox ... class="clear searchbox" adds the class to the <input form..., not to the actual text field...

a



On 8 Apr 2012, at 5:58 PM, adam overton wrote:

> hi friends
> i want to make a searchbox that says "search" in the field, but that then automatically clears when it's clicked upon. i only want this for the searchbox on some pages, not all.
> 
> is there away to make this happen with (:searchbox:)? or with regular (:input:)'s? i can't figure it out.
> 
> i currently have the following code installed in config that causes inputs with a name like "myInput-clear" to clear when clicked upon:
> 
> $InputTags['searchbox'][':html'] = "<input type='text' \$InputFormArgs  
>     onfocus=\"if(this.name.indexOf('-clear')!=-1) this.value=''\" />";
> 
> in the case of (:searchbox:), i can't figure out how to add -clear to it's name.
> and in the case of (:input:), i can easily add -clear to the name, but i can't figure out how to make it do the search i want, and to pass the value.
> 
> ideally i'd like to insert some javascript like this:
> <input type="text" name="field-name-here" onclick="this.value='';" onfocus="this.select()" onblur="this.value=!this.value?'Enter Email To Get Updates':this.value;" value="Enter Email To Get Updates" />
> 
> ... but somehow i'm not comprehending the PmWiki instructions posted here: http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/InputFormsAndJavaScript
> 
> thanks for any advice!
> adam

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