Clear the text box content when a text box becomes the focus
<!doctype html><html><head><meta charset="utf-8"><title> Clear text box content when in focus </title><script>window.onload = initAll;function initAll(){var clearText = document.getElementsByTagName("input");for (var i=0; i<clearText.length; i++){clearText[i].onfocus = function ( ){this.value = "";}}}</script></head><body> Text box 1: <input type="text" name="text" id="clearText1" value=" Clear the contents of textbox 1 "/><br/> Text box 2: <input type="text" name="text" id="clearText2" value=" Clear the contents of text box 2 "/><br/> Text box 3: <input type="text" name="text" id="clearText3" value=" Clear the contents of text box three "/></body></html>