Using JavaScript variable in a input field

lyric0n · Jun 30, 2006

What I have is a JavaScript variable that is assigned a value from a previous page. This works fine and dandy. But now, I would like to have an input box, with the default value being that variable.

I have tried using the...

<input type="text" name="blah" value="JAVASCRIPT VARIABLE!">

...but it just puts any code I put there into the box, rather than process it.

How would I make this work?
Thanks,
Chris

cLFlaVA · Jun 30, 2006

there are a couple of ways to do this, one being through the onload event of the body:

Code:

<body onload="document.forms['myFormName'].elements['myFieldName'].value = myVarName;">

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lyric0n · Jun 30, 2006

Thanks!

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Using JavaScript variable in a input field

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