fill a textarea

[Werner]

Hello,
how can fill automatically a textarea when opening a webpage.
I want to do this by a function that has been raised in js file.

thx

 

[wooolis]

Hello,
how can fill automatically a textarea when opening a webpage.
I want to do this by a function that has been raised in js file.

I belive the innerHTML is the way to get stuff into a textarea tag.

 

[Ian Collins]

I belive the innerHTML is the way to get stuff into a textarea tag.

I prefer setting textarea.value.

 

[agapeton]

You need to use the 'value' attribute on the textarea (not innerHTML).
Furthermore, you need to access it AFTER the page has loaded, not
before. So, you need to put it in a function that is executed after
the page has loaded. So, the following won't work at all...


<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
document.getElementById('taMyText').value = 'asdfsdf';
// -->
</script>

This is what you want...

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
window.onload = function(evt) {
document.getElementById('taMyText').value = 'asdfsdf';
}
// -->
</script>

Given this xhtml:
<textarea id="taMyText"></textarea>

 

[David Dorward]

You need to use the 'value' attribute on the textarea (not innerHTML).

Property, not attribute.

Furthermore, you need to access it AFTER the page has loaded, not
before.

You don't need to wait for the entire page to load, just for the textarea to
be created.

This is what you want...

<script type="text/javascript">
<!--

You don't want HTML comments in your script elements. They only serve to
protect browsers of the Pre-Netscape 3 generations (and they have much
bigger problems then rendering JS as text) and are actively harmful in
XHTML.

Given this xhtml:
<textarea id="taMyText"></textarea>

The rows and cols attributes are not optional.

Why are you responding and /then/ quoting what you are responding to? Its
backwards and makes no sense.