How do I put initial text in the search box?

ercatli

I am adapting a theme and I want to put some initial text in the search box - something like "Search this forum". If I was writing an HTML form, I would just include value="Search this forum" and that should work.

But when I look at the default.master.php file, the form code is written in php, and I don't know how to do the equivalent of the value statement. I would have thought the code: $Form->TextBox('Search'), would have been the place, but it seems not.

Can anyone help this php-challenged Vanilla user do this please? Thanks.

zodiacdm

Hmmm

This could probably be done rather easily with javascript, though I am still learning myself, though, it so I can't give you an example of code.

Here is something you may find interesting, though; a jquery plugin for form defaults.

http://www.jason-palmer.com/2008/08/jquery-plugin-form-field-default-value/

ercatli

Does anyone have an answer here please?

UnderDog

They probably do, but not within 1 or 2 days. Give it some time. Try to think logically and you might find the answer yourself.

sashae

I'd be interested in this one too. I attempted to read library/core/class.form.php but it wasn't entirely clear to me. Relevant section:

   * Returns XHTML for a button.
    *
    * @param string $ButtonCode The translation code for the text on the button.
    * @param array $Attributes An associative array of attributes for the button. Here is a list of
    * "special" attributes and their default values:
    * Attribute  Options                        Default
    * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * Type       The type of submit button      'submit'
    * Value      Ignored for $ButtonCode        $ButtonCode translated
    *
    * @return string
    */
   public function Button($ButtonCode, $Attributes = FALSE) {
      $Type = ArrayValueI('type', $Attributes);
      if ($Type === FALSE) $Type = 'submit';

      $CssClass = ArrayValueI('class', $Attributes);
      if ($CssClass === FALSE) $Attributes['class'] = 'Button';

      $Return = '_IDAttribute($ButtonCode, $Attributes);
      $Return .= $this->_NameAttribute($ButtonCode, $Attributes);
      $Return .= ' value="' . T($ButtonCode, ArrayValue('value', $Attributes)) . '"';
      $Return .= $this->_AttributesToString($Attributes);
      $Return .= " />\n";
      return $Return;
   }

ntuyelik

add following code into search box codes which are in default.master.php ;

type="text" value="search for sth..."

ercatli

Thanks for reply, ntuyelik. Sorry I couldn't respond sooner but i was locked out for a few days by some glitch.

I'm sorry, but I can't see how to do this - everything I tried didn't work. I presume this is the section of code in default.master.php:

<?php
$Form = Gdn::Factory('Form');
$Form->InputPrefix = '';
echo
$Form->Open(array('action' => Url('/search'), 'method' => 'get')),
$Form->TextBox('Search'),
$Form->Button('Go', array('Name' => '')),
$Form->Close();
?>

And I also presume the place where this code would go would be $Form->TextBox('Search'), but I can't make anything there work. Can you please help a struggling old man?

zodiacdm

Hmmm

This could probably be done rather easily with javascript, though I am still learning myself, though, it so I can't give you an example of code.

Here is something you may find interesting, though; a jquery plugin for form defaults.

http://www.jason-palmer.com/2008/08/jquery-plugin-form-field-default-value/

ercatli

Yes, thanks, that does exactly what I want. Maybe I should try it. But I'm not sure I want to learn enough about jQuery to do this if there is indeed a php way to do it - and surely there is!?