Adding javascript to f.text_field

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In a current project of mine I have a div field that is located behind a text_field that is acting like a row in a table. Whenever someone hovers over the whitespace in the row the background color changes. However, when they click the text area in the row the highlight disappears. I would like the highlight to remain when the text_box is the focus. I know how to write the javascript for this, but I don't know where to put it in the code.

Code:

<div id="editRow"> <%= f.text_field :email, :size => 30 %> </div>

Thanks

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you can pass other html attributes similar to :size, e.g.

<%= f.text_field :email, :size => 30, :onchange => '...', :onfocus=> '...' %>

etc.

personally, I like to use lowpro

http://www.danwebb.net/2006/9/3/low-pro-unobtrusive-scripting-for-prototype

which lets me extact scripting to a .js file and clean up my views