JavaScript - Insert Text In Textarea Onclick

End result: I want to have buttons along the top of a textarea which will be used to add tags around highlighted text / the text curser thingy.
(Basically it will be an edit box like the I am using now to make this post).

Problem at the moment: I want to reference the var to use in the function. e.g.

Code:

function addtext(id) {
	var al = "<div style=\"text-align:left;\"></div>";
	document.myform.outputtext.value += id;
}

"id" will be defined as "al" in the HTML onclick function, I want this to use "var al" where it says ".value += id;".

HTML:
Code:

<form name="myform">
<textarea name="inputtext">Type Here</textarea><br />
<textarea name="outputtext"></textarea><br />
<input type="button" value="Add New Text" onClick="addtext(al);">
</form>

If I do this: onClick="addtext('al');
Then "al" is just written in the output box as it is sending a string, correct?

If I do this: onClick="addtext("al"); / onClick="addtext(al);
Then nothing happens...

Reason I want to do it: Well, because I want to have multiple var's instead of a load of functions...

Problem 2 (To fix after first problem): I also want the var to add around the highlighted text, not after all of the text.

Hey guys,

I am wondering how to send text to a textarea when clicking on a link. Kinda like when clicking on a smiley or bbcode. I have a script, and it works, but only when the text to insert is on one line. Here is the code:

Code:

<script>
function sendtext(e, text) {
    e.value += text
}
</script>

Code:

<img onClick="sendtext(document.myform.mytextarea, ':)')" src="smiley.gif">

Now I want to use this little script to insert an e-mail template which I am getting from the database into my textarea. Only, it works when the template is on one line, I am using this for my php code, which works, so no need to worry about that:

Code:

<img onClick="sendtext(document.myform.mytextarea, '<? echo ("$row['mytemplate']"); ?>')" src="smiley.gif">

When the "$row['mytemplate'];" is as follows:

Code:

Hey, this works

It works, but when it's as follows:

Code:

Hey,

it does not work

Then it doesn't. So whenever there's a linebreak, it does not work.

My question is, can someone help me with this, or a similar script, so I can add a piece of text to my textarea which has linebreaks in it? I hope you understand what I'm asking

Thanks in advance for the help.

How do I resize a textarea to a certain length for text without the scroll bar, it this possible with CSS or do I have to use jQuery?

I need to clear the default value from a textarea when a user clicks on the textarea and then replace it if the user clicks away from the textarea without modifying it. I have managed to accomplish this with the textfields in my forms but I am struggling to get the textarea element to mimic this behavior.

Here is the script I am using:

Code:

addEvent(window, 'load', init, false);

function init() {
    var formInputs = document.getElementsByTagName('input');
    for (var i = 0; i < formInputs.length; i++) {
        var theInput = formInputs[i];
        
        if (theInput.type == 'text' && theInput.className.match(/\binput\b/)) {  
            /* Add event handlers */          
            addEvent(theInput, 'focus', inputText, false);
            addEvent(theInput, 'blur', replaceDefaultText, false);
            
            /* Save the current value */
            if (theInput.value != '') {
                theInput.defaultText = theInput.value;
            }
        }
    }
}

function inputText(e) {
    var target = window.event ? window.event.srcElement : e ? e.target : null;
    if (!target) return;
    
    if (target.value == target.defaultText) {
        target.value = '';
    }
}

function replaceDefaultText(e) {
    var target = window.event ? window.event.srcElement : e ? e.target : null;
    if (!target) return;
    
    if (target.value == '' && target.defaultText) {
        target.value = target.defaultText;
    }
}

HTML:
[HTML]
<form action="#">
<fieldset>
<legend></legend>
<input type="text" value="Your Name" id="name" class="input" />
<label for="name">Name Required</label><br/>
<input type="text" value="Your Email" id="email" class="input"/>
<label for="email">E-mail Required</label><br/>
<input type="text" value="Your Website" id="website" class="input"/>
<label for="website">Website</label>
<textarea rows="15" cols="71">Your Message Goes Here.</textarea>
<input type="submit" value="Submit Comment" class="button" />
</fieldset>
</form>
[/HTML]

I am really just trying to get this form to behave the way all other forms on the internet work- where text clears when a user clicks on a form element and replaces itself if the user doesn't enter new text. I have it working on the text field but no the textarea. Help!

Hello there,

I am having trouble with a javascript snippet that adds text to a textarea when you click on the link.

Problem is that when you regularly type into the textarea, the links no longer add text.

Here is the links:
Code:

<a href="javascript:insertText('<b></b> ','textIns');" onClick="void(0)">Bold</a>

Here is the javascript
Code:

<script type="text/javascript">
function insertText(val,e) {
document.getElementById(e).innerHTML+=val;
}
</script>

Any ideas or suggestions?

I searched about this problem over Internet and found the same result many times, I found this example on stack overflow but this example didn't work in my project; I am making a toolbar with buttons that insert HTML tags around the selected text in a <textarea>, this exemple didn't work because when the user click on a button the selected text won't be selected anymore because <textarea> loses focus and selected text will be unselected, I am targeting Firefox and compatible browsers so you don't need to give me the IE code; jQuery codes are accepted; so, have you any idea?

How can I get the selected text of a textarea with JavaScript?

example:
Code:

<form name="reportForm">
<textarea name="report"></textarea>
<br />
<input type="button" onClick="GetSelectedText();" />
</form>

Thanks

IC

hi all,
I have a simple website with 2 Frames,
In top frame I have a button that invokes CGI script and internally that CGI script prints info (text) into the bottom frame.
Going further we want to print the output coming from CGI into a textarea object in bottom form.

I have a function in my CGI script:
But ends up printing multiple textarea objects in lower frame.
We want to print each line of text into the same textarea object in lower frame. and at the end display a new button.
How can we do this using javascript/CGI?
I tried the following but not displaying anything.

sub print_message {
my($message1, $message2) = @_;
my $final_message = $message1 . " " . $message2;
print <<END_HTML;
<html>
<head>
<form name="myform">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td><textarea name="outputtext" rows="10" cols="100">
$final_message
</textarea>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>

<style>
<!--
a{font-weight:bold;font-family:arial;text-decoration:underline;font-size:13px;}
a:hover{font-weight:bold;font-family:arial;text-decoration:none;font-size:13px;}
// -->
</style>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<a href="main.html" rel="nofollow" target="bottom"></a>
<title>CTS Debug Information</title>
<style type="text/css"> img {border: none;} </style>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
END_HTML

I created this function in javascript:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

function addtext() {
var newtext = document.myform.outputtext.value;
var nextLineTextNode = document.createTextNode(newtext + "\r\n");
var logData = document.getElementById("outputtext");
logData.appendChild(nextLineTextNode);
logData.scrollTop = logData.scrollHeight - logData.clientHeight;
}

</script>

But when i implemented in my CGI nothing is printed.

Thanks!!!

Hi,

I am wanting to insert text into a text area when a button or link is clicked. I know how to replace the whole lot in the text area, but I want it to insert text where the flashing cursor is in the text box. (Like Wikipedia)

If any one can help, Then I will be very, very greatfull.

Thank You.

Hi,

I am having trouble searching for text in a textarea in all browsers. I display formatted text in a textarea with tinyMCE editor. Some of the text contains blanks ('______') which the user needs to find and fill in (usually with a number).

I have written a new button on the toolbar of the editor which will find and highlight the blank when clicked. The user will click the button, fill in the text, click the button, fill in the text, etc.

In IE the blanks are highlighted just fine. The only problem is: user clicks button and first blank is highlighted. User fills in the text then clicks the button again. Second blank should be highlighted but it skips right to the third blank. If you don't fill anything in, the next blank will be highlighted. If you highlight and then fill anything in, the next blank is skipped and the following blank is highlighted. Any thoughts?

But my worst problem is with Mozilla. I get an error. It does not act like setSelectionRange(pos, pos+len(str)) is a valid function call.

I receive the following error: "component returned failure code: 0x800004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)[nsIDOMNSHTML TextareElement.setSelectionRange]"

Here is my function:
var win = window;
var n = 0;
var str = '______';
function FindBlanks() {
var txt, i, found;
win = tinyMCE.get('txtPolicy').getDoc();
if (str == "") return false;
if (window.execScript) {
txt = win.body.createTextRange();
//Find the nth match from the top of the page
for (i = 0; i <= n && (found = txt.findText(str)) != false; i++) {
txt.moveStart("character", 1);
txt.moveEnd("textedit");
}
// If found, mark it and scroll it into view
if (found) {
txt.moveStart("character", -1);
txt.findText(str);
txt.select();
txt.scrollIntoView();
// n = i--;
n++;
}
//Otherwise, start over at the top of the page and find first match
else {
if (n > 0) {
n = 0;
alert("End of document has been reached.");
}
//Not found anywhere, give message.
else
alert("No blanks found.");
}
} else {
//document.getElementById('txtPolicy').setFocus;
var ht = '______';
if (ht.length == 0)
{
alert('highlightText has zero lenth');
return false;
}
var str2 = document.getElementById('txtPolicy').value;
var startPos = str2.indexOf(ht);
if (startPos == -1)
{
alert('No blanks found');
return false;
}
document.getElementById('txtPolicy').focus();
document.getElementById('txtPolicy').setSelectionRange(startPos, startPos + ht.length);
return true;
if (n == 0)
alert ("No blanks found.");
}
return false;
}

Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks.

Sup yo, I need to add text in a <textarea>, but i can only append text at the end.
Is there any way to add text to where the cursor is currently at?

Code:

function addCharm(var1) {
	var newtext = var1;
	document.lolform.inputtext.value += newtext;
}

And below i has sum buttonz that uses that function.
So, again, how can I add text to where the I-beam is currently, instead of at the end?

Thanks in advance.

Hi Guys,
I am new to this forum,based on the combobox value,I am creating a textboxes dynamically in jsp .Based on the count of textboxe's the textarea content comes with <value1> like this...
Here i tried like this,
<html>
<head>
<script>
function copy_data(val,id,textareaValue){
var enteredText = val;
alert("enteredText -----------"+enteredText);
var boxId= id;
alert("boxId-----------"+boxId);
var textValue= textareaValue;
alert("textValue-----------"+textValue);
var beforeBrac = textValue.substring(0,textValue.indexOf("<"));
alert("beforeBrac -----------"+beforeBrac );
var inbracket = textValue.substring(beforeBrac.length+1,textValue.indexOf(">"));
alert("inbracket -----------"+inbracket);
if(boxId = "1"){
inbracket = val;
}
alert("inbracket -----------"+inbracket);
var afterBrac = textValue.substring(textValue.indexOf(">"),textValue.length);
alert("afterBrac -----------"+afterBrac );

var fstr = beforeBrac +"<"+inbracket +afterBrac ;
if(boxId == "1"){
document.getElementById('txtArea').value = fstr;
alert("final str value is"+fstr);

}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" name ="a" id="1" onkeyup="copy_data(this.value,this.id,document.getElementById('txtArea').value)"/>
<input type="text" name ="a" id="2" onkeyup="copy_data(this.value,this.id, document.getElementById('txtArea').value)"/>
<textarea rows="2" cols="20" id="txtArea">
At W3Schools you <will> find all <the> Web-building tutorials <you> need, from basic HTML to advanced <XML>, SQL, ASP, and PHP.
</textarea>
</body>
</html>

three text boxes with some value [ value1 ] [value2] [value3 ]
this is the text area content:-
At W3Schools you <will> find all <the> Web-building tutorials <you> need, from basic HTML to advanced XML, SQL, ASP, and PHP.

the output should be :-
At W3Schools you <value1> find all <value2> Web-building tutorials <value3 > need, from basic HTML to advanced XML, SQL, ASP, and PHP...
But i can't get it exactly..When i enter or delete the value it should replaced in the proper <> correctly.. If i enter the value in 1st textbox it should replace the value 1st <>.same for others also...Any Idea's ?Plz suggest me ...

Hi im new to this site and im a begginer, so forgive me for any grammatical errors please.

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