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document.getElementById(...).html is not a function


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I am trying to populate a textarea with the text up to the first <br> tag in a html editor using the code below.

 

 

<script>
function setIntro_en() {
    var title = document.getElementById('mtxStory_en').html();
    alert (title);
    var title = title.split('<br>')[0];
    alert(title);
        <!--document.getElementById('mtxIntro_en').value = title; -->
}
</script>

 

I am getting an error saying 'document.getElementById(...).html is not a function'

 

 

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Changed it to jQuery using the following

 

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(
function() {
             $('#mtxStory_en').blur(function(){

        var what = $(this).html();
        alert (what);
        $('#mtxIntro_en').html(what);


});
});
</script>

 

but the textarea with the id mtxIntro_en doesn't populate and I don't get any errors displayed in firebug.

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<script type="text/javascript">
            $(document).ready(
              function() {
              $('#mtxStory_en').blur(function(){

        var intro = $("#mtxStory_en").html().split("<br>")[0];
        alert (intro);
        $('#mtxIntro_en').html(intro);


});
});
</script>

 

the html for the textareas

 

<table>
<tr> 
<td width="150" class="label">Headline</td>
<td class="content"> <input name="txtHeadline_en" onBlur="setIdentifier_en();" type="text" class="box" id="txtHeadline_en" size="50" maxlength="100"></td>
</tr>
<tr> 
<td width="150" class="label">Story</td>
<td class="content"> <textarea name="mtxStory_en" cols="200" rows="90" class="editor" id="mtxStory_en"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr> 
<td width="150" class="label">Identifier</td>
<td class="content"><input name="txtIdentifier_en" type="text" id="txtIdentifier_en" class="box"> </td>
</tr>
<tr> 
<td width="150" class="label">Introduction</td>
<td class="content"><textarea name="mtxIntro_en" cols="70" rows="4" class="box" id="mtxIntro_en"></textarea></td>
</tr>
</table>
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You should google for "jquery selector iframe". Basically you'll have to give your iframe an ID (it may already have it), and use that to access the contents() of the iframe, and then you can grab whatever elements are in the body of the iframe.

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It's not as straightforward or simple as normal, because an iFrame can be compared to a "different web page" and not a part of the main page you are viewing. It's almost like having 2 tabs open in the browser. There are extra steps needed to access the iframed content.

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