JS & Forms

[MysticFallout]

i am having a major issue here. i am trying to populate a form textbox but nothing happens. i am using an external .js file and on my page i have the form set up like. i use XHTML strict.

<form name=&quot;test_form&quot; id=&quot;test_form&quot;>
<input type=&quot;text&quot; name=&quot;test_text&quot; id=&quot;test_text&quot;>
</form>

and my JS looks like.

document.test_form.test_text.value = "Hello";

i use Mozilla, and when i use the JavaScript console it says document.test_form has no properties. any ideas? i know SOME JS, (just havent used it in over 2 years), so i am sure i am doing something wrong.

 

[theboyhope]

That should work fine if you've remembered to wait until the page is loaded before you try setting the value.

Have you?

window.onload = function() {

document.test_form.test_text.value = "Hello";

}

 

[MysticFallout]

i see, i was trying to populate the form before the form was even rendered. thank you very much!