How do you have grayed out text in a textfield that dissapears when the user clicks on it
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In HTML & JS, how do you make a textfield that has grayed out text telling the user what the field is for that goes away when the user clicks on the field?
For example, in firefox the search field in the top right hand side says which search engine it uses when there's nothing entered, then once you click it's an empty textfield, but if you leave it blank and remove focus from the textfield then the grayed out text is back again.
Is there a name for this behavior? Also, is it possible to do in pure css without the use of js to do the on focus / on blur events?
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