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Temporarily disable an input field if second input field is filled

I'm attempting to disable an input while the user is filling another input. I've managed to disable one of the two inputs while the other input is being filled in.
The problem is that I want the disabled input to ONLY be disabled WHILE the other input is being typed in.
So if the user changes their mind on the 1st input, they can delete what is in the current input which makes the 2nd input available and the 1st disabled.
JS
var inp1 = document.getElementById("input1");
inp1.onchange = function () {
if (this.value != "" || this.value.length > 0) {
document.getElementById("input2").disabled = true;
}
}
HTML
<input type="text" id="input1">
<input type="text" id="input2">

First, I would use input rather than change. Then, you need to set disabled back to false if the input is blank. Your check for whether it's blank is redundant, you just neither either side of your ||, not both. (I'd also use addEventListener rather than assigning to an .onxyz property, so that it plays nicely with others. :-) )
So:
var inp1 = document.getElementById("input1");
inp1.addEventListener("input", function () {
document.getElementById("input2").disabled = this.value != "";
});
<input type="text" id="input1">
<input type="text" id="input2">
...and then of course if you want it to be mutual, the same for input2.

You can achieve this using focus and blur. Below it is done with JQuery.
$(function() {
$('#input1').focus(function(){
$('#input2').prop('disabled', 'disabled');
}).blur(function(){
$('#input2').prop('disabled', '');
});
$('#input2').focus(function(){
$('#input1').prop('disabled', 'disabled');
}).blur(function(){
$('#input1').prop('disabled', '');
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="text" id="input1">
<input type="text" id="input2">

How about using keyup?
Like this;
var inp1 = document.getElementById("input1");
var inp2 = document.getElementById("input2");
inp1.onkeyup = function() { inputValidation(this, inp2); }
inp2.onkeyup = function() { inputValidation(this, inp1); }
function inputValidation(origin, lock) {
var response = hasValue(origin.value);
lock.disabled = response;
}
function hasValue(value) {
return value != "" && value.length > 0;
}
https://jsfiddle.net/8o3wwp6s/

Don't make it harder than it is, this is simple.
var one = document.getElementById('one');
var two = document.getElementById('two');
//checks instantly
var checker = setInterval(function() {
if(two.value !== '') {
one.disabled = true;
} else {
//when its clear, it enabled again
one.disabled = false;
}
if(one.value !== '') {
two.disabled = true
} else {
two.disabled = false;
}
}, 30);
<input id="one">
<input id="two">

Disabled a input when another input is filled in

How to Disabled a input (with javascript) when another input is filled in
Exemple :
http://www.pct.com.tn/index.php?option=com_searchproduct&view=searchproduct&ctg=M&Itemid=48&lang=fr#b
Thanks

Monitor for on input with javascript and compare the value.
window.onload = function(){
var boxOne = document.getElementById('inputOne');
var boxTwo = document.getElementById('inputTwo');
boxOne.oninput = function(){
if(this.value != ""){
//if there is a value
//change the background color (optional)
boxTwo.style.backgroundColor = '#999';
boxTwo.disabled = true;
}
else{
//if there isn't a value
boxTwo.disabled = false;
//change the background color (optional)
boxTwo.style.backgroundColor = "transparent";
}
};
};
<input type="text" id="inputOne" placeholder="type to disable other">
<input type="text" id="inputTwo">

You can acheive this by using jquery for keydown event. I have done some sample code based on my understanding to your question. Assume you have two text boxes, on entering a text to any of textbox will lock the other
<input type = 'text' id='firstTextBox'/>
<input type = 'text' id='secondTextBox'/>
<script>
$("input").keydown(function(){
if($("#firstTextBox").val()!= '')
{
$('#secondTextBox').attr('disable', 'disable');
}
else if($("#secondTextBox").val()!= '')
{
$('#firstTextBox').attr('disable', 'disable');
}
else if($("#firstTextBox").val()== '' && $("#secondTextBox").val()== '')
{
$('#firstTextBox').removeAttr('disable');
$("#secondTextBox").removeAttr('disable');
}
});
</script>

How to validate if textbox value is empty in a series of textboxes?

There are a series of textboxes like:
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" />
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" />
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" />
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" />
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" />
User can fill up the textbox values from top to bottom order. Only first textbox is required and all other textboxes are optional.
Allowed order to fill textbox values:
1st
1st & 2nd
1st, 2nd & 3rd
and likewise in sequence order
Dis-allowed order:
2nd
1st & 3rd
1st, 2nd & 4th
This means that user needs to fill up the first textbox only or can fill up the other textboxes in sequential order. User can NOT skip one textbox and then fillup the next one.
How to validate this in javascript/jQuery?
Any help is highly appreciated!

I would personaly use the disabled html attribute.
See this jsFiddle Demo
html
<form>
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" required="required" />
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" disabled="disabled" />
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" disabled="disabled" />
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" disabled="disabled" />
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" disabled="disabled" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
(Note the required attribute for HTML5)
jquery
$('input.jq-textBox').on('keyup', function(){
var next = $(this).next('input.jq-textBox');
if (next.length) {
if ($.trim($(this).val()) != '') next.removeAttr('disabled');
else {
var nextAll = $(this).nextAll('input.jq-textBox');
nextAll.attr('disabled', 'disbaled');
nextAll.val('');
}
}
})
Also see nextAll() jquery Method
Edit :
If you want to hide the disabled inputs in order to show them only when the previous input is filled, just add this css :
input[disabled] {
display: none;
}
Demo

You can iterate over the list backwards to quickly figure out whether there is a gap.
var last = false,
list = $(".jq-textBox").get().reverse();
$.each(list, function (idx) {
if ($(this).val() !== "") {
last = true;
}
else if (last) {
alert("you skipped one");
}
else if (list.length === idx + 1) {
alert("must enter 1");
}
});
http://jsfiddle.net/rnRPA/1/

Try
var flag = false, valid = true;
$('.jq-textBox').each(function(){
var value = $.trim(this.value);
if(flag && value.length !=0){
valid = false;
return false;
}
if(value.length == 0){
flag = true;
}
});
if(!valid){
console.log('invalid')
}
Demo: Fiddle

You can find all inputs that are invalid (filled in before the previous input) this way:
function invalidFields() {
return $('.jq-textBox')
.filter(function(){ return !$(this).val(); })
.next('.jq-textBox')
.filter(function(){ return $(this).val(); });
}
You can then test for validity:
if (invalidFields().length) {
// invalid
}
You can modify invalid fields:
invalidFields().addClass('invalid');
To make the first field required, just add the HTML attribute required to it.

I think a more elegant solution would be to only display the first textbox, and then reveal the second once there is some input in the first, and then so on (when they type in the second, reveal the third). You could combine this with other solutions for testing the textboxes.

To ensure the data is entered into the input elements in the correct order, you can set up a system which modifies the disabled and readonly states accordingly:
/* Disable all but the first textbox. */
$('input.jq-textBox').not(':first').prop('disabled', true);
/* Detect when the textbox content changes. */
$('body').on('blur', 'input.jq-textBox', function() {
var
$this = $(this)
;
/* If the content of the textbox has been cleared, disable this text
* box and enable the previous one. */
if (this.value === '') {
$this.prop('disabled', true);
$this.prev().prop('readonly', false);
return;
}
/* If this isn't the last text box, set it to readonly. */
if(!$this.is(':last'))
$this.prop('readonly', true);
/* Enable the next text box. */
$this.next().prop('disabled', false);
});
JSFiddle demo.
With this a user is forced to enter more than an empty string into an input field before the next input is essentially "unlocked". They can't then go back and clear the content of a previous input field as this will now be set to readonly, and can only be accessed if all following inputs are also cleared.

JS
var prevEmpty = false;
var validated = true;
$(".jq-textBox").each(function(){
if($(this).val() == ""){
prevEmpty = true;
}else if($(this).val() != "" && !prevEmpty){
console.log("nextOne");
}else{
validated = false;
return false;
}
});
if(validated)
alert("ok");
else
alert("ERROR");
FIDDLE
http://jsfiddle.net/Wdjzb/1/

Perhaps something like this:
var $all = $('.jq-textBox'),
$empty = $all.filter(function() { return 0 === $.trim(this.value).length; }),
valid = $empty.length === 0
|| $empty.length != $all.length
&& $all.index($empty.first()) + $empty.length === $all.length;
// do something depending on whether valid is true or false
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/3UzHf/ (thanks to Arun P Johny for the starting fiddle).
That is, if the index of the first empty item plus the total number of empties adds up to the total number of items then all the empties must be at the end.

This is what you need :
http://jsfiddle.net/crew1251/jCMhx/
html:
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" /><br />
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" disabled/><br />
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" disabled/><br />
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" disabled/><br />
<input type="text" class="jq-textBox" disabled/>
js:
$(document).on('keyup', '.jq-textBox:first', function () {
$input = $(this);
if ($input.val()!='')
{
$('input').prop('disabled',false);
}
else {
$('input:not(:first)').prop('disabled',true);
}
});

var checkEmpty = function ()
{
var formInvalid = false;
$('#MyForm').each(function () {
if ($(this).val() === '') {
formInvalid = true;
}
});
if (formInvalid) {
alert('One or more fields are empty. Please fill up all fields');
return false;
}
else
return true;
}

Want to disapper input textbox default value

Please do not give a negative vote if I am wrong with asking this question. I have a TextBox like this:
<input class="login-inpt" runat="server" name="loginName" type="text" value="User Name" />
It currently holds a default value. I want the default value to be cleared and replaced with a cursor when I click on the TextBox.

For newer browsers (IE>9):
<input type="text" id="userName" placeholder="User Name" />
For older:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Placeholder support</title>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" id="userName" placeholder="User Name" />
<script src="../js/vendor/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>
<script src="../js/vendor/jquery-migrate-1.2.1.js"></script>
<script src="../js/vendor/modernizr-latest.js"></script>
<script src="../js/placeholder.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
placeholder.js (jQuery, Modernizr)
var Placeholder = (function ($, document) {
/* Static Content */
var _$document = $(document);
/* Events */
var _initPlaceholders = function () {
_$document.find('input:text').each(function () {
var $this = $(this);
$this.css({ color: '#888' }).val($this.attr('placeholder'));
});
};
var _placeholderEvent = function () {
var $input = $(this), placeholderValue = $input.attr('placeholder');
if ($input.val() === placeholderValue) {
$input.css({ color: '#000' }).val('');
return;
}
if ($input.val() === '') {
$input.css({ color: '#888' }).val(placeholderValue);
}
};
var _bindEvents = function () {
if (!Modernizr.input.placeholder) {
_initPlaceholders();
_$document.on('focus blur', 'input:text', _placeholderEvent);
}
};
var init = function () {
_bindEvents();
};
return {
init: init
};
})(jQuery, document);
Placeholder.init();

You can try this
<input type="text" value="user name" onfocus="if(this.value=='user name') this.value='';">

HTML:
<input type="text" value="user name" id="userName" />
With jQuery:
$(function() {
$('#userName').click(function() {
$(this).val('').unbind('click');
});
});
EDIT: Here's a demo

add the following as an attribute to your input tag:
onfocus="if(this.value=='A new value') this.value='';"
From: How to clear a textbox using javascript

I got the solution Thanks.
input type="text" id="userName" onfocus="inputFocus(this)" onblur="inputBlur(this)"
function inputFocus(i) { if (i.value == i.defaultValue) { i.value = ""; i.style.color = "#000"; } } function inputBlur(i) { if (i.value == "") { i.value = i.defaultValue; i.style.color = "#888"; } }

You already got good answers but if you are newbie it might interest you how it could work without libraries.
Here is HTML:
<input id="textBox" class="textBox phrase" type="text" value="Enter Your Text..">
you don't need to set class and id you could pick one of them
Here is JavaScript:
var textBox = document.getElementById('textBox'), //probably the fastest method
/**************************additionally possible****************************
var textBox = document.getElementsByTagName('input')[0], //returns HTMLInputElement list (since we've got only one we chose the first one)
or
var textBox = document.querySelectorAll('textBox'), //works almost the same way as jquery does except you don't get all jquerys functionality
or
var textBox = document.getElementsByClassName('textBox')[0], //i guess its a least supported method from the list
***************************************************************************/
//text you want to choose for you input
phrase = "Enter Your Text..";
function addEvent(el, ev, fn) {
//checking method support
//almost every browser except for ie
if(window.addEventListener) {
el.addEventListener(ev, fn, false);
}
//ie
else if(window.attachEvent) {
el.attachEvent('on' + ev, fn);
el.dettachEvent('on' + ev, fn);
}
}
addEvent(textBox, 'focus', function (){
//cross browser event object
var e = e || window.event,
target = e.target;
//if the text in your text box is your phrase then clean it else leave it untouched
target.value = target.value === phrase ? "" : target.value;
});
addEvent(textBox, 'blur', function (){
//cross browser event object
var e = e || window.event,
target = e.target;
//if your text box is not empty then leave it else put your phrase in
target.value = target.value ? target.value : phrase;
});

$('.login-inpt').focus(function() {
$(this).val('');
});
$('.login-inpt').focusout(function() {
$(this).val('User Name');
});
check out here http://jsfiddle.net/TDUKN/

Delete default value of an input text on click

I have an input text:
<input name="Email" type="text" id="Email" value="email#abc.example" />
I want to put a default value like "What's your programming question? be specific." in Stack Overflow, and when the user click on it the default value disapear.

For future reference, I have to include the HTML5 way to do this.
<input name="Email" type="text" id="Email" value="email#abc.example" placeholder="What's your programming question ? be specific." />
If you have a HTML5 doctype and a HTML5-compliant browser, this will work. However, many browsers do not currently support this, so at least Internet Explorer users will not be able to see your placeholder. However, see JQuery HTML5 placeholder fix « Kamikazemusic.com for a solution. Using that, you'll be very modern and standards-compliant, while also providing the functionality to most users.
Also, the provided link is a well-tested and well-developed solution, which should work out of the box.

Although, this solution works, I would recommend you try MvanGeest's solution below which uses the placeholder-attribute and a JavaScript fallback for browsers which don't support it yet.
If you are looking for a Mootools equivalent to the jQuery fallback in MvanGeest's reply, here is one.
--
You should probably use onfocus and onblur events in order to support keyboard users who tab through forms.
Here's an example:
<input type="text" value="email#abc.example" name="Email" id="Email"
onblur="if (this.value == '') {this.value = 'email#abc.example';}"
onfocus="if (this.value == 'email#abc.example') {this.value = '';}" />

This is somewhat cleaner, i think. Note the usage of the "defaultValue" property of the input:
<script>
function onBlur(el) {
if (el.value == '') {
el.value = el.defaultValue;
}
}
function onFocus(el) {
if (el.value == el.defaultValue) {
el.value = '';
}
}
</script>
<form>
<input type="text" value="[some default value]" onblur="onBlur(this)" onfocus="onFocus(this)" />
</form>

Using jQuery, you can do:
$("input:text").each(function ()
{
// store default value
var v = this.value;
$(this).blur(function ()
{
// if input is empty, reset value to default
if (this.value.length == 0) this.value = v;
}).focus(function ()
{
// when input is focused, clear its contents
this.value = "";
});
});
And you could stuff all this into a custom plug-in, like so:
jQuery.fn.hideObtrusiveText = function ()
{
return this.each(function ()
{
var v = this.value;
$(this).blur(function ()
{
if (this.value.length == 0) this.value = v;
}).focus(function ()
{
this.value = "";
});
});
};
Here's how you would use the plug-in:
$("input:text").hideObtrusiveText();
Advantages to using this code is:
Its unobtrusive and doesn't pollute the DOM
Code re-use: it works on multiple fields
It figures out the default value of inputs by itself
Non-jQuery approach:
function hideObtrusiveText(id)
{
var e = document.getElementById(id);
var v = e.value;
e.onfocus = function ()
{
e.value = "";
};
e.onblur = function ()
{
if (e.value.length == 0) e.value = v;
};
}

Enter the following
inside the tag, just add onFocus="value=''" so that your final code looks like this:
<input type="email" id="Email" onFocus="value=''">
This makes use of the javascript onFocus() event holder.

Just use a placeholder tag in your input instead of value

we can do it without using js in the following way using the "placeholder" attribute of HTML5
( the default text disappears when the user starts to type in, but not on just clicking )
<input type="email" id="email" placeholder="xyz#abc.example">
see this: http://www.w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml5_input_placeholder

<input name="Email" type="text" id="Email" placeholder="enter your question" />
The placeholder attribute specifies a short hint that describes the expected value of an input field (e.g. a sample value or a short description of the expected format).
The short hint is displayed in the input field before the user enters a value.
Note: The placeholder attribute works with the following input types: text, search, url, tel, email, and password.
I think this will help.

Why remove value? its useful, but why not try CSS
input[submit] {
font-size: 0 !important;
}
Value is important to check & validate ur PHP

Here is a jQuery solution. I always let the default value reappear when a user clears the input field.
<input name="Email" value="What's your programming question ? be specific." type="text" id="Email" value="email#abc.com" />
<script>
$("#Email").blur(
function (){
if ($(this).val() == "")
$(this).val($(this).prop("defaultValue"));
}
).focus(
function (){
if ($(this).val() == $(this).prop("defaultValue"))
$(this).val("");
}
);
</script>

I didn't see any really simple answers like this one, so maybe it will help someone out.
var inputText = document.getElementById("inputText");
inputText.onfocus = function(){ if (inputText.value != ""){ inputText.value = "";}; }
inputText.onblur = function(){ if (inputText.value != "default value"){ inputText.value = "default value";}; }

Here is an easy way.
#animal represents any buttons from the DOM.
#animal-value is the input id that being targeted.
$("#animal").on('click', function(){
var userVal = $("#animal-value").val(); // storing that value
console.log(userVal); // logging the stored value to the console
$("#animal-value").val('') // reseting it to empty
});

Here is very simple javascript. It works fine for me :
// JavaScript:
function sFocus (field) {
if(field.value == 'Enter your search') {
field.value = '';
}
field.className = "darkinput";
}
function sBlur (field) {
if (field.value == '') {
field.value = 'Enter your search';
field.className = "lightinput";
}
else {
field.className = "darkinput";
}
}
// HTML
<form>
<label class="screen-reader-text" for="s">Search for</label>
<input
type="text"
class="lightinput"
onfocus="sFocus(this)"
onblur="sBlur(this)"
value="Enter your search" name="s" id="s"
/>
</form>