ChatterBank1 min ago
Javascript write text
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I need to write a line of text to a textarea on my form. I've tried loads of examples and non of them work!
Please help me, it needs to be in javascript.
Please help me, it needs to be in javascript.
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1) surround your text area with <span id="SpanArea"> this is my text area</span>
2) Stcik something like this at the top of the page
<script type="text/javascript">
function WriteText()
{
document.**************("SpanArea").innerText =
"I want this to appear in my text area.";
}
</script>
3) put it behind a button or somthing do when button is clicked the text will appear, using something like:
<input type="button" value="Write to SPAN" onclick="WriteText()"/>
2) Stcik something like this at the top of the page
<script type="text/javascript">
function WriteText()
{
document.**************("SpanArea").innerText =
"I want this to appear in my text area.";
}
</script>
3) put it behind a button or somthing do when button is clicked the text will appear, using something like:
<input type="button" value="Write to SPAN" onclick="WriteText()"/>
heres the whole html,
you should be able to work it out from here:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Pants Page</title>
<meta name="vs_defaultClientScript" content="JavaScript">
<script type="text/javascript">
function WriteText()
{
document.**************("SpanArea").innerText =
"Here is a text string written to the page.";
}
</script>
</head>
<body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout">
<TABLE height="337" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="501" border="0" ms_2d_layout="TRUE">
<TR vAlign="top">
<TD width="10" height="15"></TD>
<TD width="190"></TD>
<TD width="301"></TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign="top">
<TD height="25"></TD>
<TD colSpan="2">
<input type="button" value="Write to SPAN" onclick="WriteText()" ID="Button1" NAME="Button1"></TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign="top">
<TD colSpan="2" height="297"></TD>
<TD>
<TABLE id="Table1" height="296" cellSpacing="1" cellPadding="1" width="300" border="1">
<TR>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD></TD>
<TD><span id="SpanArea">when i click button this text will change</span></TD>
<TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
</TR> <
you should be able to work it out from here:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Pants Page</title>
<meta name="vs_defaultClientScript" content="JavaScript">
<script type="text/javascript">
function WriteText()
{
document.**************("SpanArea").innerText =
"Here is a text string written to the page.";
}
</script>
</head>
<body MS_POSITIONING="GridLayout">
<TABLE height="337" cellSpacing="0" cellPadding="0" width="501" border="0" ms_2d_layout="TRUE">
<TR vAlign="top">
<TD width="10" height="15"></TD>
<TD width="190"></TD>
<TD width="301"></TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign="top">
<TD height="25"></TD>
<TD colSpan="2">
<input type="button" value="Write to SPAN" onclick="WriteText()" ID="Button1" NAME="Button1"></TD>
</TR>
<TR vAlign="top">
<TD colSpan="2" height="297"></TD>
<TD>
<TABLE id="Table1" height="296" cellSpacing="1" cellPadding="1" width="300" border="1">
<TR>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD></TD>
<TD><span id="SpanArea">when i click button this text will change</span></TD>
<TD></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
</TR> <
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