[Javascript] Text Field Arrays

[Jeff Walters]

> <form name='configurator'>
>   <input type='text' name='files_description[0]' size='18' maxlength='30'
> onBlur='return nochanging(this, 0)'>";
>   <input type='text' name='files_description[1]' size='18' maxlength='30'
> onBlur='return nochanging(this, 1)'>";
>   <input type='text' name='files_description[2]' size='18' maxlength='30'
> onBlur='return nochanging(this, 2)'>";
>   <input type='text' name='files_description[3]' size='18' maxlength='30'
> onBlur='return nochanging(this, 3)'>";
>   <input type='text' name='files_description[4]' size='18' maxlength='30'
> onBlur='return nochanging(this, 4)'>";
>   <input type='text' name='files_description[5]' size='18' maxlength='30'
> onBlur='return nochanging(this, 5)'>";
> </form>
> 
> I want to populate the values of one of those text fields onBlur so the value
> is predetermined so I wrote this:
> 
> <script language='JavaScript'>
> function nochanging(elem,elementNum){
> 
> var changeto;
> 
> switch(elementNum)
>       {
>       case '1':   changeto="Home Top Left"; break
>       case '2':   changeto="Home Top Right"; break
>       case '3':   changeto="Property List Top Left"; break
>       case '4':   changeto="Property List Top Right"; break
>       case '5':   changeto="Sale Sheet Top Left"; break
>       case '6':   changeto="Sale Sheet Top Right"; break
>       }
> 
> window.document.configurator.files_description[elementNum].value=changeto;
> }
> </script>
Elements in a form are already in a array. As is just about everything else
in a page. Try changing the values like so:

window.document.configurator.elements[elementNum].value=changeto;

Hope this helps,
Jeff


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