1 /************************************************************

     2  ** Clears a field

     3  ** By: 	Joshua Sowin (fireandknowledge.org)

     4  ** HTML: <input type="text" value="Search" name="search"

     5  **			id="search" size="25" 

     6  ** 		onFocus="clearInput('search', 'Search')" 

     7  ** 		onBlur="clearInput('search', 'Search')" />

     8  ***********************************************************/

     9 function clearInput(field_id, term_to_clear) {

    10 	

    11 	// Clear input if it matches default value

    12 	if (document.getElementById(field_id).value == term_to_clear ) {

    13 		document.getElementById(field_id).value = '';

    14 	}

    15 	

    16 	// If the value is blank, then put back term

    17 	else if (document.getElementById(field_id).value == '' ) {

    18 		document.getElementById(field_id).value = term_to_clear;

    19 	}

    20 } // end clearSearch()