I have one Textbox and inside the textbox i want the text which user cannot be deleted

Question

Hi, i have one text box in which the text inside the text box should not be deleted and after the text only the cursor has to be placed

Ex: For the textbox: "http://" should be available and the text which is in quotations cannot be deleted inside the textbox and the cursor should be after the quotations.

Thanks in advance, Vara Prasad.M

Answer 1

add this to the input field:

onchange="testEdit(this)"

and have a javascript function that does something like this:

function testEdit(field) {
  if (field.value.substring(0, 8) != "http://") {
    field.value = "http://" + field.value.substring(8);
  }
}

However, this is sloppy. The best way is to put the http:// in a label OUTSIDE the text box. If something is in a text box, it should be input. By putting that inside the text box, you will be confusing your users.

Good luck.