Adding Text Into Textbox with JavaScript

[magicyte]

How is it possible to put text into a textbox using JavaScript?

-magicyte

[Jas]

Adding text to a textbox?! Impossible!

Just joking. It's completely possible, and very easy to do.

Method 1: Using an ID

function add(text){
    var TheTextBox = document.getElementById("Mytextbox");
    TheTextBox.value = TheTextBox.value + text;
}

Method 2: using the form:

function add(text){
    var TheTextBox = document.forms[0].elements['field_name']; //I think that's right, haven't done it in a while
    TheTextBox.value = TheTextBox.value + text;
}

[Nile]

Here you go magicyte:

<script type="text/javascript">
function insertText(val,e){
document.getElementById(e).innerHTML+=val;
}
</script>
<textarea id="textIns"></textarea><br />
<a href="javascript:insertText('Hello ','textIns');" onClick="void(0)">Insert 'Hello'</a><br /><a href="javascript:insertText('GoodBye ','textIns');" onClick="void(0)">Insert 'GoodBye'</a>

Edit: Jas beat me . I personally thing that my idea is more convenient, though.

[Jas]

Nile: heh. Cross post

Magicyte: . . . so what was the point of your post?

[magicyte]

I wuz bored and I wanted to see if anyone thought that I was that dumb.

-magicyte

[Nile]

Using the .value attribute is easy. Just do this: document.getElementById('cool').value = 'po'; <input type="text" id="cool">

Any other .value attribute comments?

-magicyte

Yeah, why'd you update your post?

[Jas]

Please don't put up posts like that again. If you have nothing else to do, start a topic in "The Lounge."

EDIT: And in response to your edit of the last post, not knowing that does not make one dumb. There are many beginners that use this website looking for simple answers.

[magicyte]

Yeah. I'm sorry. I do think I should be put in Forums Jail.

-magicyte

P.S. {:-(

[Jas]

I do think I should be put in Forums Jail.

So you'll come quietly, then? j/k

[osirix]

Sorry if i sound stupid but is it possible to pass a JS variable into the
text value

e.g. var new ="somethign";
<a href="javascript:insertText(' var new ' ,'user_location');" onClick="void(0)">Insert 'Hello'</a>

so when you click it

somethign will be displayed in the box instead of the var new text being displayed

i want to out put the contents of the variable not the name of it
thanks in advance