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HTML
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Full Name:</td>
<td><input type="text" class="text_field name" id="name"/></td>
<td class="col-help name" width="200" >
what is your name?
</td>
<tr>
<td>Password:</td><td><input type="text" class="text_field" id="password"/></td>
<td class="col-help">Type a strong password...
</td>
</tr>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
CSS
.focusField{
border:solid 2px #333;
background:lightyellow;
}
.idleField{
background:#fff;
border: solid 1px #DFDFDF;
}
input.text_field {
-moz-border-radius: 5px 5px 5px 5px;
border: 1px solid #DDDDDD;
font-size: 14px;
margin: 0;
padding: 8px;
width: 200px;
}
input.text_field.with_box {
-moz-border-radius-bottomright: 0;
-moz-border-radius-topright: 0;
}
.col-help {
background:#f7f7f7;
border:1px solid #ccc;
font-size:13px;
font-family:Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif
}
JavaScript
$(function(){
$('.col-help').hide();
$('input[type="text"]').focus(function() {
$(this).removeClass("idleField").addClass("focusField");
$(this).closest('td').hasClass('col-help').show();
});
});