ProductCart Shopping Cart Software Forums : Search Box with Initial Value https://forum.productcart.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 13 Apr 2026 03:49:20 +0000 Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:08:08 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.productcart.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3258 <![CDATA[ProductCart Shopping Cart Software Forums]]> https://forum.productcart.com/forum_images/pc_logo_50.png https://forum.productcart.com/ <![CDATA[Search Box with Initial Value : Thanks, guys! You are a bunch...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/search-box-with-initial-value_topic3258_post12220.html#12220 Author: loracady
Subject: 3258
Posted: 01-December-2009 at 12:08pm

Thanks, guys!  You are a bunch of smarties!]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:08:08 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/search-box-with-initial-value_topic3258_post12220.html#12220 <![CDATA[Search Box with Initial Value : This works with 3.51.You need...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/search-box-with-initial-value_topic3258_post12219.html#12219 Author: katharina
Subject: 3258
Posted: 01-December-2009 at 11:57am

This works with 3.51.
You need to add this to the header.asp or footer.asp depending on where you want it to show.

<!-- Start Search Box -->
<!-- #Include file="SmallSearchBox.asp"-->
<!-- End Search Box -->

Next you open SmallSearchBox.asp in the pc folder and edit it a tiny bit. 
Find the line:
<input type="Text" name="keyword" size="23" value="" id="smallsearchbox" >
and replace with:
<input type="Text" name="keyword" size="23" value="Keyword or Item#" id="smallsearchbox" >

You see I added the Keyword or Item#, but you can change that part to what ever you want.  Do not loose the quotes on either end.  This is just html editing, so no programing needed.

You can see the result at www.germanplaza.com 

]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:57:33 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/search-box-with-initial-value_topic3258_post12219.html#12219 <![CDATA[Search Box with Initial Value : Hi loracady, yes, we&#039;ve done...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/search-box-with-initial-value_topic3258_post12218.html#12218 Author: netprofits
Subject: 3258
Posted: 01-December-2009 at 11:56am

Hi loracady, yes, we've done that for several of our clients' sites. See http://www.orchestratedhome.com/shop/pc/home.asp as an example.
 
Use something like this for the INPUT field:
<input type="Text" name="keyword" size="18" value="Search..." onfocus="if(this.value=='Search...')this.value='';" >
 
value="" should have the initial value you want displayed.
The onfocus section says that when a visitor clicks on the box, if the value = "Search..." then clear the value. You will need to change the this.value=='Search...' to match the initial value you enter in the value parameter.
 
Does that help?
]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:56:12 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/search-box-with-initial-value_topic3258_post12218.html#12218 <![CDATA[Search Box with Initial Value : Lora - do a view source on htt...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/search-box-with-initial-value_topic3258_post12217.html#12217 Author: Greg Dinger
Subject: 3258
Posted: 01-December-2009 at 11:54am

Lora - do a view source on http://www.madcowcutlery.com/ have a look at the search box.  tehre is a tiny bit of JS in there.]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:54:18 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/search-box-with-initial-value_topic3258_post12217.html#12217 <![CDATA[Search Box with Initial Value : I want to have a small search...]]> https://forum.productcart.com/search-box-with-initial-value_topic3258_post12214.html#12214 Author: loracady
Subject: 3258
Posted: 01-December-2009 at 11:44am

I want to have a small search box that has "search keyword or item #" as the initial value.  When a user clicks inside the search box, the initial value is automatically removed and the user can enter a keyword search term or item #.  Has anyone done this?  ]]> Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:44:43 +0000 https://forum.productcart.com/search-box-with-initial-value_topic3258_post12214.html#12214