zain123 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 I have the following code: <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Form</title> <script language="javascript"> function replaceText() { document.form1.textarea1.value = "DMC "; } </script> </head> <body> <form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action=""> <textarea name="textarea1" cols="90" rows="5" id="textarea1" style="width:380px;height:200px;">3/3/2008 His really happy withe the current business is going well. Therefore unlikely to look this year.</textarea> <input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="Decision Maker Conversion" onclick="replaceText()"/> </form> </body> </html> When the submit button is clicked, the text area updates with DMC for only a second and then it goes back to the original text.. not sure whats happening? Anyone have any idea? thanks in advance... Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/146114-text-area-not-updating-properly/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
gethinw Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 <input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="Decision Maker Conversion" onclick="replaceText();return false;"/> When you click the button it is reloading the page (ie the form is submitting itself, and as you haven't declared an action it uses the current page as a default action). By adding "return false" to the onclick it means that the submit action isn't carried out, just the onclick action. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/146114-text-area-not-updating-properly/#findComment-767064 Share on other sites More sharing options...
zain123 Posted February 20, 2009 Author Share Posted February 20, 2009 aaaah thanks for that mate Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/146114-text-area-not-updating-properly/#findComment-767076 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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