Change text color in text field

Question

I have an input text field, which has a value "something" by default, but when I start to type, I want that the default value changes color, and the text i'll type, another one.

How can i do that?

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<input type="text" value="something" onclick="this.value=''" />

Answer 1

To keep it simple like your example:

<input type="text" value="something" onclick="this.value='';this.style.color='red';" />

And that should pretty much do it.

Answer 2

You may want to try the following:

<input type="text" value="something"
       onFocus="if (this.value == 'something') this.style.color = '#ccc';"
       onKeyDown="if (this.value == 'something') {  
                      this.value = ''; this.style.color = '#000'; }">