text link filling in text and check boxes? 1

TFfan · May 6, 2003

Is it possible to have a series normal text links submit information forms?

Say you ask a question: What have you eaten today?

Banana ________
Pear | text box |
Apple -----------

When the user clicks on one of the options the text box gets filled in with the appropriate value. That value can then be altered manually by the user. This last part seems to me to be the trickiest. There would be several of these on a page.

greedyzebra · May 6, 2003

I'm sure you can modify this to better fit your needs, but this is something I came up with quickly. Hopefully it'll give you an idea of what can be done...

<html>
<body>
<script language="javascript">
function addItem(Name)
{
document.getElementById('TxtBox').value = Name;
}
</script>
<p id="Apple" onclick="addItem(this.id)">Apple</p>
<p id="Pear" onclick="addItem(this.id)">Pear</p>
<p id="Orange" onclick="addItem(this.id)">Orange</p>
<form method="POST" action="--WEBBOT-SELF--">

<p><input type="text" name="TxtBox" id="TxtBox" size="20"><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="B1"><input type="reset" value="Reset" name="B2"></p>
</form>
<p> </p>

</body>

</html>

Good luck.

TFfan · May 7, 2003

Brilliant. If I could give you two stars i would. You went out of your way. I appreciate it.

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