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put a value in "Text button"

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Keendev

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Hi guys,

I have a text button, and I wanted to put value on it so that when the button is click, the button value will be displayed in form textbox on the same page.

is this possible ??
ex. 1.text button display : "Main Group"
2.text button value : "/maingroup/"
3.form text box default value=""
4.when text button is clicked ,"/maingroup/" text value will be displayed on form textbox.

thanks.
 
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It is NOT possible for a button value to be different from its display text. However, this should give you a general idea of how to do the 'setting':

Code: 
<html>
<body>
	<form>
		<input type="button" value="/maingroup/" onclick="this.form.elements['someField'].value = this.value;" />
		<input type="text" name="someField" value="" />
	</form>
</body>
</html>

Hope this helps,
Dan

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Hi,

I edited your code. need help once more...pls check

Code: 
<html>
<body>
    <form>
        <a href="#" onclick="this.form.elements['someField'].value = this.value;">
        <input type="text" name="someField" value="" />
        <br>
        <br>
        Main Group</a>
		<input type="hidden" name="txtvalue1" value="/maingroup/" onclick="this.form.elements['someField'].value = this.value;" />
		<input type="button" value="Submit" onclick="this.form.elements['someField'].value = this.form.txtvalue1.value;" />
		
		<br>
		<br>
	    <a href="#">Sub Group</a></a>
		<input type="hidden" name="txtvalue2" value="/subgroup/" onclick="this.form.elements['someField'].value = this.value;" />
		<input type="button" value="Submit" onclick="this.form.elements['someField'].value = this.form.txtvalue2.value;" />
    </form>
</body>
</html>

I hope we can erase the "Submit" button and just use the text link.

thanks again. :-)

 
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This will do the same thing but using links, not buttons:

Code: 
<html>
<body>
    <form>
        <input type="text" name="someField" value="" />
	</form>

	<br />
	<br />
	<span onclick="document.forms[0].elements['someField'].value = '/maingroup/';" style="cursor:pointer;">Main Group</span>

	<br />
	<br />
	<span onclick="document.forms[0].elements['someField'].value = '/subgroup/';" style="cursor:pointer;">Sub Group</span>
</body>
</html>

Dan

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ow sorry for that misusage , text button ..it should be text link.

is it possible to use the textlink instead of the form button to display the value?

tnx again.
 
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