Placing text inside the search field

[ametron]

Is there a way to add text inside the search field, such as "Enter your
text here" and where the text would be cleared when clicked.

[Jim]

Some of ShopSite's included search templates do this. Here is a line from the classy_se_template.sst search template that displays text in the box until the shopper clicks in the box.

<td class="search_input"><input class="search_input" name="search_field" type="text" size="10" value="[-- STORE.175 --]" onfocus="this.value=''"></td>

The [--STORE.175 --] reads the text value for "Search" set on Preferences > Store Text > Store pages. The onfocus="this.value=''" sets the field to blank when the cursor is placed in the input box.

You would need to modify your search template or page template to do something similar.