title: How would I achieve very simple text box hints that work with password fields in CSS / HTML?
body: <p>I would like most of my text boxes in my web application to display a hint to minimise clutter on the screen.</p>
  
  <p>I have come across many solutions but all of them seem so complicated for what I want. It may be worth pointing out now that my Javascript knowledge is quite poor.</p>
  
  <p>All I need is a simple script that will allow me to have text box hints (with a CSS style so I can make it greyed out and italic) and that will work with a password field.</p>
  
  <p>I did have a script but it only allowed me to have one password field per page and it wasn't very easy to use everywhere.</p>
  
  <p>Thank you, your help is greatly appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>EDIT: This also needs to be compatible with IE6 unfortunately.</p>