Add to text field when clicked?

Tim Dobson · 03-22-2011, 08:12 PM

1 button and 1 text area

PHP Code:


			
<textarea name="addpaste" cols="100" rows="25" id="addpaste"></textarea>

<br />

<input type="button" value="Bold" name="addbld" />

Now what i need to do is when the the button is pressed i need [bld] to be inserted in to the textarea. Any suggestions? thanks.

tony · 03-23-2011, 12:06 AM

It seems that you want that to be accomplished in the client side, using javascript. I know how to insert text, but I am not sure how to insert it where the cursor is at.

If you just want to insert it. here is some sample code :

javascript Code:

//add an id to the textarea with same as name also to button
document.getElementById('addbld').onClick(function(){
  var txtArea = document.getElementById('addpaste');
  txtArea.value = textArea.value + '[bld]';
});

I am not an expert on javascript though. It has been a while.