Hyperlink selection to input box

[Brian_C_C]

Is it possible to make a hyperlink fill out a value in a form?

I have a list of hyperlinks I want to automatically fill out the values in the text boxes on a form I've created when the user selects those hyperlinks.

[djr33]

<a onClick="document.forms.myform.elements.mytextbox.value='myvalue'; return false;" href="#">

[Brian_C_C]

I'm pretty weak in the forms / program world... can you ellaborate...

Here's the details. I have an html document called "dining.html" with an iframe pointing to an HTML document with list of restaurants in our town, that document is called "dining-list.html".

Also located right below that iframe in my "dining.html" page is a mapquest script for users to search addresses.

What I am trying to do is make it possible for users to select a restaurant listing link in the iframe referencing the "dining-list.html" file and have that hyperlink fill out the mapquest "get" form on the "dining.html" page. Then all they have to do is select submit.

Possible? I know their's probably easier ways to do this... it's a bit beyond me though... any advice would be nice...

Thanks!!!

<a onClick="document.forms.myform.elements.mytextbox.value='myvalue'; return false;" href="#">

[Brian_C_C]

I got that to work... I couldn't figure it out using an html link in one document iframed into the document with the search... but I can rewrite my page to include the form with it....

Thanks!

[Brian_C_C]

My link is located in an Iframe html document. Can I get that link to point to the document the iframe is in instead?

[TimFA]

The easiest way would probably be to change the "document" element or add something to target the other. I'm not very experienced so I'm not sure what.

<a onClick="document.forms.myform.elements.mytextbox.value='myvalue'; return false;" href="#">

[Brian_C_C]

I agree...

now if someone could tell me how to direct the hyperlink inside the .html document embedded using the iframe to the value of the text box on the .html document the iframe is located in, it would help tremendously!

[djr33]

parent. or framename..

[Brian_C_C]

That works!! Thank you! You're awesome!!!