submit to text box...

[rocky3015]

Hi! i need help....how do i display the value of a submit button in a text box. e.g. if i click on a submit button with value = "hello", how do i capture this value in a text box and display in the same text box?  ???

[Zane]

[obsidian]

<input type='submit' name='submitbuttonname' onSubmit='yourtextboxname.value=submitbuttonname.value' />

 

If I'm not mistaken, onsubmit is only a valid event for the form tag itself, not for individual input fields. If you want to capture it on submit, you can take this onsubmit attribute and put it as part of your form tag proper; however, you'll want to change "yourtextboxname.value" to "this.yourtextboxname.value" so the form can locate the field (same with submitbuttonname).

 

Another option would be to handle it in an onclick handler for the submit button instead of the onsubmit. I would do it slightly different than recommended above, but it may just be a preference thing:

<input type="submit" name="submitbuttonname" onclick="this.form.textareaname.value = this.value;" value="My Submit" />

 

Good luck!