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

[David Yee]

Thanks again Peter- I do have another related question, however.  Is it
possible to generate that text in whichever text box that has the current
cursor in it?  So in this instance the code would have to know what the name
of the current text box is.

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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