Thread:Project:Support desk/Default Value "Search" in Search Box (Vector)/reply (2)

It looks like it's only coded to display the search terms for something already searched on. However, using the Special:SystemMessages tool, you could define your own message and replace the value to be: msg( 'CUSTOM_MESSAGE' ) ?> where CUSTOM_MESSAGE is your own defined message on line 750 where it's currently: text( 'search' ) ?> Though in actuality, it might be better, rather than hardcoding the changes in the template, to use jQuery to populate that value with whatever you want and use an onClick handler to blank it so they can enter what they want rather than having to backspace it. It might be a better UI. And you can update the skin with the latest releases with just this one bit of JavaScript rather than have to merge PHP changes.