scroll contents of text box to left

scroll contents of text box to left

I have some code below that I use in a contact form.  Initially each text box has a default value, and when focus is placed on the text area, the entry disappears.  What I would like to do is scroll the entries to the left, but I don’t know how to do that.  I tried sliddToggle, but that doesn’t work.  Any ideas?
Thanks!

 

            var current_data = new Array();

            $('.clear').each(function(i){

                        $(this).removeClass('clear').addClass('clear'+i);

                        current_data.push($(this).val());

 

                        $(this).focus(function(){

                                    if($(this).val() == current_data[i]){

//slide data here               

                                                $(this).val('');

                                    }

                        });

                        $(this).blur(function(){

                                    var stored_data = current_data[i];

                                    if($(this).val()==''){

//slide data here

                                                $(this).val(stored_data);

                                    }

                        })