Adding an 'Example Text' in Form Text Fields

Question

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone knows how to set the text which is temporarily in a text field in a form.
It usually displays an example of what the user should be inputting into the field. (In italics and greyed out, and dissapears once the user click on the field to start typing.)
Here is a link to a site which has this in their forms: DJ-Direct - Get A Quote
Any help would be very much appreciated!
Thank you

Answer 1

Hi,
Thanks for your help.
I have got it working on text fields, but how do I do it for dropdown menus?
For text fields the code is:
<input name="name" type="text" class="formfield" id="name" placeholder="Example" />
But for the dropdown it is:
<select name="Size" class="formfield" id="Size">
My code for the Dropdown list is as follows:
<label for="size"></label>
          <span id="spryselect2">
          <label for="Size"></label>
          <select name="Size" class="formfield" id="Size">
<!--Connection to Other Table Start-->           
                 <option id="0">-- Select Size --</option>
                <?php
                    require("Connections/drama_database.php");
                    $getallequipsizes = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM equipsizes");                   
                    while($viewallequipsizes = mysql_fetch_array($getallequipsizes)){
                ?>
                <option id="<?php echo $viewallequipsizes['id']; ?>"><?php echo $viewallequipsizes['Size'] ?></option>
                <?php } ?>
<!--Connection to Other Table End--> 
          </select>
</span>