Well, as I was searching on the internet for some basic codes to examine - I found this one. A simple code which is supposed to copy the selected text. As i am a complete newbie in JS, I check the meaning of the methods that I didn't understand - and rewrited the code, as i make a few adjustments.
And still the code is not working and If someone can explain - this part ""copyit(this.form.select1)"" - Even though I kind of understand "this" - i am not able to understand what is doind here
function copyit(theField) {
var selectedText = document.getSelection();
if (selectedText.type == 'Text') {
var newRange = selectedText.createRange();
theField.focus();
theField.value = newRange.text;
} else {
alert('select a text in the page and then press this button');
}
}
</script>
<form name="it">
<div align="center">
<input onclick="copyit(this.form.select1)" type="button" value="Press to copy the highlighted text" name="btnCopy">
<p>
<textarea name="select1" rows="4" cols="45"></textarea>
</div>
</form>
This is the original code - and it is not working either
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function copyit(theField) {
var selectedText = document.selection;
if (selectedText.type == 'Text') {
var newRange = selectedText.createRange();
theField.focus();
theField.value = newRange.text;
} else {
alert('select a text in the page and then press this button');
}
}
</script>
And in the body of your web page, add the following where you want the text to appear:
<form name="it">
<div align="center">
<input onclick="copyit(this.form.select1)" type="button" value="Press to copy the highlighted text" name="btnCopy">
<p>
<textarea name="select1" rows="4" cols="45"></textarea>
</div>
</form>
onclick="copyit(this.form.select1)"
executes the copyit() function and passes a variable which is later named theField. The variable that is passed is this.form.select1 which is a textarea with ID select1 which is located in the same form as the input you're clicking hence the this.form.
As to why your code isn't working - you should include here the original code before your adjustments. You probably deleted/changed something you shouldn't have.
I'm not sure what you're asking. Are you asking to, when someone clicks on any button/div, it copies a text you want for his clipboard? If no, ignore my comment, if yes, i'll explain:
First place, where should an user click?
<a class="btn" CopydivFunction(#text)">CLICK ME TO Hello.</a>
Now, add the function with JS.
function copyToClipboard(element) {
var $temp = $("<input>");
$("body").append($temp);
$temp.val($(element).text()).select();
document.execCommand("copy");
$temp.remove();
}
Now, place the text you want somebody to copy (hide it):
<h1 id="text" class="hidden">some text. This part won't be seen because of the hidden class, and this is the text that will be copied to your clipboard.</h1>
Place display:none on css:
#text{
display:none;
}
I think you have to add that, so nobody sees it.
And that should be it, click the <a> and you get the text in the h1#text
Related
I got a problem in updating the value within <textarea> tags. The procedure is like this, there is an initial value inside textarea, then the user changes it. If I want to use a js script (implemented by a button) to modify the value further, it does not work at all. However, if we do nothing on the textarea, the button works perfectly. So weird to me. Could anyone shed any light on this? The code is posted below.
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#mybutton").click(function() {
var mystring = "The previous textarea value is <br><em>" + $("#myarea").val() + "</em>";
$("#myarea").html("Star wars"); // this line doesn't work after editting the textarea but works if you do not edit anything, why?
$("#placeholder").html(mystring);
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<body>
<div>Input whatever you want</div>
<textarea id="myarea" style="width: 300px; height: 70px">Initial text</textarea>
<div>
<button id="mybutton">Click after editing</button>
<br> The button is supposed to change the text to <em>Star wars</em>.
</div>
<div id="placeholder"></div>
</body>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#mybutton").click(function() {
var mystring = "The previous textarea value is <br><em>" + $("#myarea").val() + "</em>";
$("#myarea").val("Star wars"); //The changes have to be made on this line
$("#placeholder").html(mystring);
});
});
Inorder to change the value of textarea use val() , instead of html().
I have this code:
<div class="input">
<input type="number" id="myID" oninput="myFunction()">
<div>
<h3>MY TEXT</h3>
</div>
</div>
and I want to make a javascript code to remove the div below the input field whenever I write anything in the input
..........
I tried this code:
function myFunction(){
var field = document.getElementById("myID");
var num = field.value;
var parent = field.parentNode;
parent.innerHTML = field.outerHTML;
field.value = num;
}
but it have a problem each time I make an input, I have to re-click inside the input to make it active again
check out the code here
You should not use inline HTML event attributes to wire up event handlers. That technique is 25+ years old and will not die the death it deserves because people just keep copying it from other code they've seen.
See the comments for the simple explanation:
// Add the event handler to the input in JavaScript, not in HTML
document.getElementById("myID").addEventListener("input", removeElement);
function removeElement(){
// Remove the sibling element that follows the input
document.querySelector("#myID").nextElementSibling.remove();
// Now that the element has been removed, this function is no
// longer required, so remove the event handler to prevent attempts
// to remove it again when it's no longer there. "this" refers to
// the object that caused this function to be invoked (the input
// element in this case).
this.removeEventListener("input", removeElement);
}
<div class="input">
<input type="number" id="myID">
<div>
<h3>MY TEXT</h3>
</div>
</div>
How to remove an HTML element using JavaScript ?
Given an HTML element and the task is to remove the HTML element from the document using JavaScript.
Approach:
Select the HTML element which need to remove.
Use JavaScript remove() and removeChild() method to remove the
element from the HTML document.
Exemple to remove a div :
div.parentNode.removeChild(div);
Follow this link for more information.
I hope I was able to help you.
<div class="input">
<input type="number" id="myID" >
<div id="id2">
<h3>MY TEXT</h3>
</div>
</div>
<script>
document.getElementById("myID").oninput = function() {myFunction()};
function myFunction() {
document.getElementById("id2").innerHTML="";
}
</script>
Problem with using innerHTML is you are basically using a whiteboard. You erase everything on it and you have to redraw it all. That means you would need to reset the value and focus. It is doable, just not practical.
The better thing to do would be to select the element and remove it with .remove()
var field = document.getElementById("myID");
var num = field.value;
if (num.length) {
field.nextElementSibling.remove()
}
It will work, but you will be better off using a class to hide the element. It also has the benefit that if the user deletes the text in the input, you can reshow the message. I would just hide it with a css class with toggle. I would select the div with nextElementSibling.
function myFunction(){
var field = document.getElementById("myID");
var num = field.value;
field.nextElementSibling.classList.toggle('hidden', num.length)
}
.hidden {
display: none;
}
<div class="input">
<input type="number" id="myID" oninput="myFunction()">
<div>
<h3>MY TEXT</h3>
</div>
</div>
I have a very simple code: I want to cancel a button after it's clicked to display something else. I tried this way
HTML:
<div id="container">
<input type="button" value="New game" onclick="newGame()" />
</div>
js:
function newGame() {
var container = document.getElementById("container");
container.removeChild(container.childNodes[0]);
}
What happens is the button gets cancelled only if I click it two times. Where did I get wrong?
I'm sorry if this is a repost, I tried to check but didn't find a quetion identical to mine
It appears as if your code is going to remove the button once you click on it. Is this correct, or are we not looking at the full markup?
If you remove \n (i.e new line) your code will work
try like this
function newGame() {
var container = document.getElementById("container");
debugger;
container.removeChild(container.childNodes[0]);
}
<div id="container"><input type="button" value="New game" onclick="newGame()" /></div>
The reason why your code is not working is, when you hit enter after div, HTML DOM will automatically creates one dummy text node as it's child. hence your input node became the second child for your container.
Working fiddle
Hope it helps :)
try this:
function newGame() {
var container = document.getElementById("container");
// change 0 to 1
container.removeChild(container.childNodes[1]);
}
container.childNodes[0] is a text Node, in which the text is Newline
I gave id to the button and removed it using id.
In your case it is not removing in first time because container.childNodes[0] in first time is not a button. Try your self using console.log in your function.
function newGame() {
var container = document.getElementById("container");
var d_nested = document.getElementById("button_1");
var throwawayNode = container.removeChild(d_nested);
//container.innerHTML='';
}
<div id="container">
<input id="button_1" type="button" value="New game" onclick="newGame()" />
</div>
Alternatively, you could do this:
<div id="container">
<input type="button" value="New game" onclick="document.getElementById('container').removeChild(this);" />
No separate JS file needed.
it changes for about a second and returns to the previous text.The "Loading..." line has to change into "hi, Please click the next text box to see more instructions!".
I have tried it latest chrome and Edge browsers.
function greetMe() {
var yourName = document.getElementById("textbox").value;
info1 = "hi, Please click the next text box to see more instructions!"
document.getElementById("textToChange").innerHTML = info1
}
#myForm {
float: left;
width: 30%
}
#myformInfo {
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<h1>HEllO ThERE!</h1>
<div id="myForm"><form >
<input id="textbox" placeholder="Your name">
<button onclick="greetMe()">click!</button>
<br><br>
<input id="">
</div></form>
<div id="myFormSteps">
<p id="textToChange">
<script>var info1 = "Loading..."
document.write(info1)
</script>
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
It's probably because you haven't set the type attribute for your button. A button's default type is submit. Try adding the attribute type="button" to your <button>.
When you click the button your form is submitting and the page is reloading - that's why it returning to its initial state. To stop this happening pass in event as a parameter to the function and then use that argument in the function with preventDefault():
HTML
<button onclick="greetMe(event);">click!</button>
JS
function greetMe(e) {
e.preventDefault();
// ...
}
As an aside it's better is to remove your inline JS and use an event listener instead.
var button = document.querySelector('button');
button.addEventListener('click', greetMe, false);
I want to type in text in a text field, press a button, and the text of a paragraph will change. What would I need to do for this to happen and is there an easier way to do it other than javascript?
Since I didn't know what I needed to do, here's the code I originally had:
<html>
<head>
<title>Moving Text</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="stlye.css">
</head>
<body>
<div id="text">
<p id="new">new text</p>
Main News:<input type="text" name="update"><br>
<input type="button" value="Update" onClick="update();">
<script type="text/javascript">
function update(){
document.getElementById('new').innerHTML = 'Update';
}
</script>
</div>
</body>
I'm pretty sure it's wrong or way off. Any suggestions?
HTML:
<p id="your_paragraph">This text will change, after clicking the button.</p>
Main News: <input type="text" id="theText" />
<input type="button" id="btn" value="Update" />
JavaScript:
var p = document.getElementById('your_paragraph');
var btn = document.getElementById('btn');
var txt = document.getElementById('theText');
btn.onclick = function(){
p.textContent = txt.value;
};
http://jsfiddle.net/3uBKC/
No, you'll need to use javascript. Without an example of your markup nobody will be able to provide you a specific example, but here's a general one using the jQuery library.
// get the textarea, watch for change, paste, and keyup events
$('textarea').on('change paste keyup', function(){
// Store the text field as a variable, get it's value
var thiis = $(this),
value = thiis.val();
// replace the paragraph's content with the textrea's value
$('p').html(value);
});