Javascript Textarea innerHTML with Netscape 7.1 1

LTeeple · May 11, 2005

Hi all,

I have some text displayed in a textarea, drawn from a database using php, and put into the textarea using JS (a dynamic form scenario):

Code:

document.form.edit_place_address.innerHTML = value;

On this form, I want the user to be able to change the value in the textarea field. It works perfectly in IE. In NN7.1, when the user clicks on the textarea field in question, the cursor starts at the beginning, and when the user starts typing, the characters are simply overwriting what's already there. Also, the user cannot highlight the text, nor move the cursor. The only option is to overwrite the existing value.

I attempted to populate the text area field using:

Code:

document.form.edit_place_address.value = value;

however, the data wasn't appearing. I read somewhere that there is no 'value' for textarea, just innerHTML. Is this true? Can someone suggest a workaround?

Thank you!

[cheers]

Cheers!
Laura

cLFlaVA · May 11, 2005

Laura,

I just created a test and it worked fine. I have a feeling it's not working for you because "value" is a reserved word. Take a look:

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
	"[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">[/URL]

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>

<script type="text/javascript"><!--
function fillTA(o) {
    var myVal = 'blah blah blah';
    o.value = myVal;
}
//--></script>
</head>

<body>

<form name="f">
    <textarea name="ta" rows="10" cols="10"></textarea>
    <input type="button" name="b" onclick="fillTA(this.form.ta);" />
</form>

</body>
</html>

*cLFlaVA
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BillyRayPreachersSon · May 11, 2005

I would use this syntax:

Code:

document.forms['yourFormName'].elements['edit_place_address'].value = 'some text';

However, don't name your form "form" (as you seem to have done).

Hope this helps,
Dan

[tt]D'ya think I got where I am today because I dress like Peter Pan here?[/tt]
[banghead]

LTeeple · May 11, 2005

Thank you BillyRayPreachersSon.

I followed your advice, changed my form name, and referred to the form objects using elements['objectname'].

Works perfectly now

Thank you too, cLFlaVA for taking the time to create your own test scenario.

[cheers]

Cheers!
Laura

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Javascript Textarea innerHTML with Netscape 7.1 1

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