[Javascript] Click on link to generate text in a textarea?

[David Yee]

Terrific- thanks a lot Peter!

David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Brunone [mailto:peter at brunone.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 12:33 PM
> To: javascript at LaTech.edu
> Subject: Re: [Javascript] Click on link to generate text in a 
> textarea?
> 
> 
> <FORM NAME="mainForm">
> 
> ...
> 
> <A HREF="javascript:writeText('text1','Extra text')">Click this</A>
> <TEXTAREA NAME="text1">Here's some text</TEXTAREA>
> 
> ...
> 
> </FORM>
> 
> <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
> function writeText(boxName, newText) {
>     // Build the reference to the text box
>     var myBox = eval("document.mainForm." + boxName);
>     // Concatenate the new text to the end of the current text 
>     // (The /n is a carriage return)
>     myBox.value = myBox.value + "\n" + newText;
>     }
> </SCRIPT>
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Peter
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Yee" <dyee at AMSResponse.com>
> To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2001 2:09 PM
> Subject: [Javascript] Click on link to generate text in a textarea?
> 
> 
> | Hi all.  Is it possible to write javascript that'll automatically 
> | type in text in a <textarea> when you click on the link?  
> E.g. I have 
> | a link called COMPANY_NAME, and when I click on the link I want the 
> | text "My Company" to be typed in immediately into the 
> <textarea> box 
> | next to that link at the cursor (thus not destroying what's already 
> | in the text box).  Thanks for any help!
> | 
> | David
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