How to clear a textbox using javascript

Question

I have a

<input type="text" value="A new value"> 

I need a javascript method to clear the value of the textbox when the focus is on the textbox.

How can this be achieved?

Answer 1

just get element using

   function name()    {      document.getElementById('elementid').value = "";    } 

you can call this function on onfocus event of textbox and clear the value