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why dont u try<br />
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onFocus=&quot;if (this.value.indexOf('Hi! Check out this site!') != -1 )this.value = ''
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why dont u try

onFocus="if (this.value.indexOf('Hi! Check out this site!') != -1 )this.value = ''

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Perfect solution, justinbillig!
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Hi!<br />
<br />
I have a prepopulated textbox (in ASP.net) that I want to clear on focus. The prepopulated text contains line breaks and I am unable to have JavaScript match that text with line breaks. For example, this is the textbox value:<br />
Hi!<br />
Check out this site!<br />
<br />
and this is the JavaScript:<br />
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onFocus=&quot;if (this.value == 'Hi!\nCheck out this site!') this.value = ''<br />
<br />
I had tried \r and \n\r to no avail, but have no problems when there is no line break in the to-be-removed default text. (I need to test for the default in order to prevent the script deleting custom-entered text)<br />
<br />
Thanks for helping!
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Hi!

I have a prepopulated textbox (in ASP.net) that I want to clear on focus. The prepopulated text contains line breaks and I am unable to have JavaScript match that text with line breaks. For example, this is the textbox value:
Hi!
Check out this site!

and this is the JavaScript:

onFocus="if (this.value == 'Hi!\nCheck out this site!') this.value = ''

I had tried \r and \n\r to no avail, but have no problems when there is no line break in the to-be-removed default text. (I need to test for the default in order to prevent the script deleting custom-entered text)

Thanks for helping!

Finding line breaks in multiline textbox value

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