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I am generation dynamic content using javascript and inside that content a part will be like

onfocus="if(this.value=='Enter Email Address'){this.value='';}" onblur="if(this.value=='')    {this.value='Enter Email Address';}" value="Enter Email Address"

I want above code but after generation of the content but all the single quotes are not showing properly. Please help me out. Thanks

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  • Change ;}\" to ;}" Commented Apr 17, 2013 at 6:57

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If you're working in HTML 5 with input element, i would suggest you to look at the placeholder attribute, as this is exactly what you are needing for. No javascript needed.

 <input type="text" placeholder="Enter Email Address" />
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Placeholder is not supported by all the browsers
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use Escape character \

'\\'Enter Email\\''
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But it can be '\\'Enter Email\\''
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try this 

'\'Text\''

or

"'Text'"
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when I write \'Text\' its convert into "Text"
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try something like this , Remove backslash from double quotes,FIDDLE

<input type="text" onfocus="if(this.value=='Enter Email Address'){this.value='';}" onblur="if(this.value=='')    {this.value='Enter Email Address';}" value="Enter Email Address">
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