pop up window, check values, insert checked values into item field

[ShamanFR]

I have a form that uploads items to the db and I have a selection of colors. Now what I want to do I have a button on the form called colors and then have a pop up window open when click. On the pop up window there will be a list of colors with the color thumbnail and a check box. I want to be able to select the colors on the pop up window and when I hit add colors, I would like the colors to be added to the text feild on the form.

The best example that I can think of to demonstrate this is the email address book on yahoo. You open the address book in a pop up window, select the address and when you hit insert address's it inserts them into the TO: field. I want my colors to do the exact same thing, to get added to the color field the same way, sperated by commas.

I would search google but I have not clue what to search under. Your help will be greatly appreciated.


Nick

 

[stakadush]

search this on google: javascript color picker

http://www.mattkruse.com/javascript/colorpicker/

you'll find many

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[ShamanFR]

That is not really what I am looking for. I am more looking for a window where I add the colors and select them with a checkbox. Then all the checked colors get added to a text field in the parent window. The reason I am asking for Java is because PHP is server side and will not display the choosen colors right away.

Here is another way I could do it. How could I get the info submited in a form posted on the parent windo. lets say I check all the checkbox's then i hit add, and after I hit add it puts all my checked colors into on variable and that variable is sent with javascript to the parent window and set into the text field. How would I take that variable and add it to the parent window?

I am not a JavaScripter so if you guys could help me out with this, I could do the rest of the PHP.

Thanks,

Nick

 

[stakadush]

ok...i understand now what you want to do

you use the window.opener method to access the window that opened the popup.

let's say your form's name is upload_form, and the field of the colors is called color_list you will access it like this:

window.opener.upload_form.color_list.value='';

read this article, it might help:

http://sharkysoft.com/tutorials/jsa/content/027.html

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[ShamanFR]

sweet that is the closest thing that I have seen to what I need yet. Now how can I get all the cehcked variables from the child window into the value part of the window.opener script?

I will read up some more on this, but if I can get an example that would be great.

Thanks,

Nick