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How can I add jQuery information to a html form?

This html form gets displayed by a bit of javascript code. Now I want to add the information of the cells in my table, when I click on them, to this kind of alert.
How can I do that?
<div class='alertBox' id='box'>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#tableBody td').on('click', function() {
alert($(this).html() + ' ' + months[currentMonth] + ' ' + currentYear);
});
});
</script>
<form>
<input name='Event' type='text' value='Event'> <br>
</form>
<a onclick='unpop()' class='close'>Close</a>
</div>
...
This is a website, where you can add appointments to a calendar and afterwards the appointments will be displayed by a raspberry pi.

Thank you for your answer.
I already found another solution.
Here it is if you are interested:
$(document).ready(function() {
$('#tableBody td').on('click', function() {
var cellIndex = document.getElementById('displayDate').innerHTML = $(this).text() + ' ' + months[currentMonth] + ' ' + currentYear;
});
});
function pop() {
document.getElementById('box').style.display = 'block';
cellIndex;
}
function unpop() {
document.getElementById('box').style.display = 'none';
}

If the HTML for the alert box is added by javascript, then you will need to use .on() to catch user events (this is called event delegation). Also, when you do that, you must attach the .on() method to an element that definitely exists before the javascript is run - $(document) is always safe.
Try this:
$(document).ready(function() {
$(document).on('click', '#tableBody td', function() {
let txt = $(this).text();
$('#box input[name=Event]').val(txt);
$('#box').show();
});
$(document).on('click', '#box a.close', function(){
$('#box').hide();
});
});
table{border-collapse:collapse;}
th,td{border:1px solid #ccc;}
#box{position:absolute;top:5vh;left:20vw;padding:2vh;background:wheat;display:none;}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class='alertBox' id='box'>
<form>
<input name='Event' type='text' value='Event'> <br>
</form>
<a class='close'>Close</a>
</div>
<table>
<thead><th>Name</th><th>Vehicle</th></thead>
<tbody id="tableBody">
<tr><td>Bob</td><td>Car</td></tr>
<tr><td>Sam</td><td>Truck</td></tr>
<tr><td>Fred</td><td>Bike</td></tr>
</tbody></table>

How to pass values to an html page from google script

I have a google sheet, maintaining a list of projects, with some scripting running behind it. I have been able to add functionality to click an Add Project button which opens an HTML window for entering the information, and on submit, add a new record to the sheet.
Now I am working on a process to remove a record if the status is changed to Cancelled. What I would like to do is show an html window listing certain details of the project, and give the user a chance to either go back without cancelling the project, or enter some notes as to why it's being cancelled and then continue.
Where I am stuck is populating the html window with the details of the project. I have figured out one way to do it, but I know that this isn't the best way.
Google Script:
function onEdit(e) {
if(e.range.getColumn() == 9 && e.value == "Cancelled" && e.source.getActiveSheet().getName() == "Summary") {
var cancelSheet = ss.getSheetByName(e.source.getActiveSheet().getName());
var cancelRange = cancelSheet.getRange(e.range.getRow(), 1, 1, cancelSheet.getLastColumn());
var cancelRow = cancelRange.getValues();
openCancelDialog(cancelRow);
}
}
function openCancelDialog(x) {
var html = HtmlService
//.createHtmlOutputFromFile('Cancel')
.createHtmlOutput(
'<table><tr><td colspan = \"2\"><b>You are cancelling the following project:</b></td></tr>' +
'<tr><td>Project Name: </td><td>' + x[0][4] + '</td></tr>' +
'<tr><td>Project Number: </td><td>' + x[0][0] + '</td></tr>' +
'<tr><td>Project Category: </td><td>' + x[0][1] + '</td></tr>' +
'<tr><td>Business Owner: </td><td>' + x[0][17] + '</td></tr>' +
'<tr><td>Project Manager: </td><td>' + x[0][18] + '</td></tr>' +
'</table>'
)
.setSandboxMode(HtmlService.SandboxMode.IFRAME);
SpreadsheetApp.getUi()
.showModalDialog(html, 'Cancel a Project');
}
This way is writing the html directly in the gs. What I'd like to do is have a separate html page that gets created. That can be done with this method (and is how I'm creating the Add Project dialog elsewhere in the gs):
function openCancelDialog(x) {
var html = HtmlService.createHtmlOutputFromFile('Cancel').setSandboxMode(HtmlService.SandboxMode.IFRAME);
SpreadsheetApp.getUi()
.showModalDialog(html, 'Cancel a Project');
}
This would be Cancel.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<base target="_top">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://ssl.gstatic.com/docs/script/css/add-ons1.css">
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
<!-- Scripting to get my values? -->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<!-- Layout the window
Add a Comments section
Add a button to go back without cancel
Add a button to submit the cancel and update -->
</body>
</html>
But what I haven't figured out is how to pass the array from the openCancelDialog function to the html, so it cab be shown on the page..
I suspect that I need to add scripting to the Cancel.html file to get those values. But is there a way to send that array to the html while it's being created?

Kos's answer gave me some ideas on how I could work it out. That, as well as some additional reading, especially https://www.w3schools.com/js/js_json_intro.asp and the follow up sections, helped me figure this one out.
New js code:
function onEdit(e) {
if(e.range.getColumn() == 9 && e.value == "Cancelled" && e.source.getActiveSheet().getName() == "Summary") {
var cancelSheet = ss.getSheetByName(e.source.getActiveSheet().getName());
var cancelRange = cancelSheet.getRange(e.range.getRow(), 1, 1, cancelSheet.getLastColumn());
var cancelRow = cancelRange.getValues();
//openCancelDialog(cancelRow);
var aSheet = e.source.getActiveSheet().getName();
var column = e.range.getColumn();
var row = e.range.getRow();
Logger.log("Col: " + column + " Row: " + row + " Sheet: " + aSheet);
Logger.log(cancelRow);
}
Logger.log(e);
}
function openCancelDialog(row) {
var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
// get template
var template = HtmlService.createTemplateFromFile('Cancel');
var myJSON = JSON.stringify(row);
// pass data to template
template.data = myJSON;
// get output html
var html = template.evaluate();
// show modal window
ui.showModalDialog(html, 'Cancel a Project');
}
New HTML:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<table>
<tr><td>Number: </td><td id="number"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Name: </td><td id="name"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Category: </td><td id="category"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Business Owner: </td><td id="owner"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Project : </td><td id="manager"></td></tr>
</table>
<script>
var objII = JSON.parse(<?=data?>);
document.getElementById("number").innerHTML = objII[0][0];
document.getElementById("name").innerHTML = objII[0][4];
document.getElementById("category").innerHTML = objII[0][1];
document.getElementById("owner").innerHTML = objII[0][17];
document.getElementById("manager").innerHTML = objII[0][18];
</script>
</body>
</html>
I suspect there may be more elegant ways to do this, and probably even more "correct" ways. But this seems to be working for what I needed it to do, so I figured I'd post it in case someone else was looking.
Thank you

Use HtmlService.createTemplateFromFile:
function openCancelDialog(row)
{
var ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi();
// get template
var template = HtmlService.createTemplateFromFile('Cancel');
// pass data to template
template.data = {
row: JSON.stringify(row)
};
// get output html
var html = template.evaluate();
// show modal window
ui.showModalDialog(html, 'Cancel a Project');
}
Cancel.html:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<base target="_top">
</head>
<body>
<script>
var row = <?!=data.row?>;
//document.write(row);
</script>
</body>
</html>
Detailed template documentation: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/guides/html/templates

Here's another way to do it. I like to do it this way because I have a lot more control than I do with templates.
This is a script that I did when I was working on an email example script that is contained in a spreadsheet. This script is a little less complicated because it's just for giving the user the option for removing sent emails from the emailsetup page and archiving them on another page. It does it by creating html on the fly and collecting it as a string and then adding it to another page of html. I launch the html at the end of the script as a dialog that allows the users to select which emails to archive by checking checkboxes and clicking on a button called Archive Selected. I found it easier to put my javascript functions together in a standard html file and then run that through HtmlService first and append the string later.
Here's the script:
function archiveSelectedEmails()
{
var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sht=ss.getSheetByName('EmailSetup');
var rng=sht.getDataRange();
var rngA=rng.getValues();
var s='<html><head><script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script></head><body>';
var s='';
for(var i=2;i<rngA.length;i++)
{
var dataA={};
for(var j=0;j<rngA[1].length;j++)
{
dataA[rngA[1][j]]=rngA[i][j];
}
var row=Number(i+1);
s+='<div id="row' + row + '"><input type="checkbox" name="email" value="' + Number(i+1) + '" />' + ' <strong>Row:</strong> ' + Number(i+1) + ' <strong>Name:</strong> ' + dataA.Name + ' <strong>Email:</strong> ' + dataA.Email + ' <strong>Subject:</strong> ' + dataA.Subject + ' <strong>DateSent:</strong> ' + Utilities.formatDate(new Date(dataA.DateSent), 'GMT-6', "M/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss") + '</div>';
}
s+='<br /><input type="button" value="Exit" onClick="google.script.host.close();" /><input type="button" value="Archive Checked" onClick="getCheckedBoxes(\'email\');" />';
var html=HtmlService.createHtmlOutputFromFile('htmlToBody').setWidth(800).setHeight(250);
html.append(s);
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().showModelessDialog(html, 'Select Emails to Archive');
}
Here's the html file 'htmlToBody':
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
function getCheckedBoxes(chkboxName) {
var checkboxes = document.getElementsByName(chkboxName);
var rowsToArchive = [];
for (var i=0; i<checkboxes.length; i++)
{
if (checkboxes[i].checked)
{
rowsToArchive.push(Number(checkboxes[i].value));
}
}
google.script.run
.withSuccessHandler(setResponse)
.archiveSelectedRows(rowsToArchive);
}
function setResponse(a)
{
var s='<br />Rows: ';
for(var i=0;i<a.length;i++)
{
if(i>0)
{
s+=', ';
}
s+=a[i];
var id='#row' + a[i]
$(id).css('display','none');
}
s+='<br />Total: ' + a.length;
google.script.run.displayMessage(s,'Archived Rows')
}
console.log('script here');
</script>
</head>
<body>
I took your project idea and ran with it a little.
These are the google scripts. You'll notice I started with the name of your function.
function openCancelDialog1()
{
var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sht=ss.getSheetByName('Projects');
var rng=sht.getDataRange();
var rngA=rng.getValues();
var s='';
for(var i=1;i<rngA.length;i++)
{
var dataA={};
for(var j=0;j<rngA[0].length;j++)
{
dataA[rngA[0][j]]=rngA[i][j];
}
var row=Number(i+1);
s+='<div id="row' + row + '"><input type="checkbox" name="project" value="' + row + '" />' + ' <strong>Row:</strong> ' + Number(i+1) + ' <strong>Name:</strong> ' + dataA.Name + ' <strong>Project:</strong> ' + dataA.Description + '</div>';
}
s+='<br /><input type="button" value="Exit" onClick="google.script.host.close();" /><input type="button" value="Cancel and Archive Checked" onClick="getCheckedBoxes(\'project\');" />';
var html=HtmlService.createHtmlOutputFromFile('htmlToBody').setWidth(800).setHeight(250);
html.append(s);
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().showModelessDialog(html, 'Select Project to Cancel');
}
function archiveSelectedRows(rows)
{
var ss=SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sht=ss.getSheetByName('Projects');
var dest=ss.getSheetByName('ArchivedProjects');
var rng=sht.getDataRange();
var rngA=rng.getValues();
var deleted=[];
for(var i=rngA.length-1;i>1;i--)
{
if(rows.indexOf(i+1)>-1)
{
deleted.push(Number(i+1));
rngA[i][4]=Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), 'GMT-7', 'M/d/yyyy')
dest.appendRow(rngA[i]);
sht.deleteRow(i+1);
}
}
var msg='Row Numbers Deleted = ' + deleted;
var title='Rows Deleted';
var timeout=10;
return deleted;
}
function displayMessage(msg,title)
{
msg+='<br /><input type="button" value="Exit" onClick="google.script.host.close()"; />';
var html=HtmlService.createHtmlOutput(msg).setWidth(400).setHeight(300);
SpreadsheetApp.getUi().showModelessDialog(html, title);
}
This is the htmlTobody file. It's been modified a bit for this situation.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
function getCheckedBoxes(chkboxName) {
var checkboxes = document.getElementsByName(chkboxName);
var rowsToArchive = [];
for (var i=0; i<checkboxes.length; i++)
{
if (checkboxes[i].checked)
{
rowsToArchive.push(Number(checkboxes[i].value));
}
}
google.script.run
.withSuccessHandler(setResponse)
.archiveSelectedRows(rowsToArchive);
}
function setResponse(a)
{
var s='<br />Row Numberss: ';
for(var i=0;i<a.length;i++)
{
if(i>0)
{
s+=', ';
}
s+=a[i];
var id='#row' + a[i]
$(id).css('display','none');
}
s+='<br />Total: ' + a.length;
google.script.run.displayMessage(s,'Canceled Rows')
}
console.log('script here');
</script>
</head>
<body>
And this is what my 'Projects' tab looks like. And I have a Projects tab and an ArchivedProjects tab. When I archive the projects they get copied into the ArchivedProjects sheet.

click(dataMap, method) version of the jQuery is not working

I tried to pass data through the click method to test it out so that I do not have to call a function from handler onclick. I want to do this to prevent the default submit whenever I press any button. Like this instead of having.
<button onclick="addAuthor()">Add Author</button>
I can have something like:
<button id="addAuthor">Add Author</button>
Which would go to.
$("#addAuthor").click({
id: 100
}, addAuthor);
Then.
function addAuthor(dataMap) {
alert(dataMap.data.id)
//add another author
}
I want the button "Remove div2" to do the same thing the span "Remove" does.
For now I had it to give an alert with the value of 100 but it does not even do that.
$("removeDiv").click({bookDiv: count}, removeDiv);
This is what I want to put so that the variables are passed but the test doesn't work.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
<!-- #main {
max-width: 800px;
margin: 0 auto;
}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="main">
<h1>Add or Remove text boxes with jQuery</h1>
<div class="my-form">
<!-- <form action="next.php" method="post">-->
<button onclick="addAuthor()">Add Author</button>
<br>
<br>
<div id="addAuth"></div>
<br>
<br>
<button onclick="submit()">Submit</button>
<!-- </form>-->
</div>
<div id="result"></div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
////////////////////////////////////////////////
//HERE
$("#removeDiv1").click({
id: 100
}, removeDiv1);
////////////////////////////////////////////////
var authors = 0;
function addAuthor() {
authors++;
var str = '<br/>' + '<div id="auth' + authors + '">' + '<input type="text" name="author" id="author' + authors + '" placeholder="Author Name:"/>' + '<br/>' + '<button onclick="addMore(\'auth' + authors + '\')" >Add Book</button>' + '</div>';
$("#addAuth").append(str);
}
var count = 0;
function addMore(id) {
count++;
var str =
'<div id="bookDiv' + count + '">' + '<input class="' + id + '" type="text" name="book' + id + '" placeholder="Book Name"/>' + '<span onclick="removeDiv(\'bookDiv' + count + '\')">Remove</span>'
///////////////////////////////////////////////////
////HERE
+ '<button id="removeDiv1"> Remove div2</button>'
///////////////////////////////////////////////////
+ '</div>';
$("#" + id).append(str);
}
function removeDiv(id) {
$("#" + id).slideUp(function() {
$("#" + id).remove();
});
}
///////////////////////////////////////////
//HERE
function removeDiv1(dataMap) {
alert(dataMap.data.id)
}
///////////////////////////////////////////
function submit() {
var arr = [];
for (i = 1; i <= authors; i++) {
var obj = {};
obj.name = $("#author" + i).val();
obj.books = [];
$(".auth" + i).each(function() {
var data = $(this).val();
obj.books.push(data);
});
arr.push(obj);
}
sendToServer(arr)
$("#result").html(JSON.stringify(arr));
}
function sendToServer(data) {
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
data: {
arr: JSON.stringify(data)
},
url: "next.php",
success: function() {
}
});
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

The problem isn't with passing in the dataMap (try it without it; it still won't work).
The problem is that when you attempt to set your click handler with $("#removeDiv1").click(...), the #removeDiv1 element doesn't exist yet - it's created and added to the DOM later, in addMore.
You need to do one of the following:
Set your click handler inside of addMore, after str is appended.
Change your click handler to use jQuery's event delegation capabilities. $("#removeDiv1").click(...) becomes $("body").on('click', '#removeDiv1', ...)
Side note: the "body" selector can be replaced by any selector that will select an ancestor of #removeDiv1; the click event propagates up from #removeDiv1 to its parent, its parent parent, and so on, until it's handled and something calls e.stopPropagation(), or until it reaches the document root.

First off, this is really something that Angular or something like it can do much better.
Next, I wouldn't use ids. You can do the same thing with classes without having to increment and restrict your code. Here's how I'd code the HTML:
<div>
<h1>My favorite authors and their books</h1>
<button class="js-add">Add An Author</button>
<div class="authors"></div>
<button class="js-save">Save</button>
</div>
I've also pulled all the javascript out of the HTML.
Next, "click" won't apply to items added after it is stated. You either need to re-state a click for the new element, or you need to use "on". Note in the code below that I can use the "click" method for "add Author" because that button exists when the script was run. For the other buttons, I had to use "on('click'..."
var addAuthor = function($this) {
var books = $('<div>')
.addClass('books')
.append(
$('<button>')
.addClass('js-addBook')
.html('Add a book')
)
.append(
$('<div>')
.addClass('bookName')
.html('Books:')
);
addBook(books.find('button'));
$($this)
.parent()
.find('.authors')
.append(
$('<div>')
.addClass('author')
.append(
$('<div>')
.addClass('authorName')
.html('Author: ')
.append(
$('<div>')
.addClass('remove js-removeAuthor')
.html('x')
)
.append(
$('<input>')
)
)
.append(
books
)
)
};
var addBook = function($this) {
$($this)
.parent()
.append(
$('<div>')
.addClass('book')
.append(
$('<div>')
.addClass('remove js-removeBook')
.html('x')
)
.append(
$('<input>')
)
)
};
addAuthor($('button.addAuthor'));
$('.js-addAuthor').click(function() {
addAuthor(this);
});
$('.authors').on('click', '.js-addBook', function() {
addBook(this);
});
$('.authors').on('click', '.js-removeBook, .js-removeAuthor', function() {
$(this)
.parent()
.remove()
});
Here's a jsfiddle:
https://jsfiddle.net/mckinleymedia/rt3tpeta/3/

jquery toggling elements for editing

Hi im trying to create an edit script in jquery that changes p content to input fields, and lets people edit them and then revert back to content.
my code:
<div class="addressblock">
<div class="data">
<p name="bedrijfsnaam">company name</p>
<p name="tav">to whom</p>
<p name="adres">street and number</p>
<p name="postcode">1234AB</p>
<p name="woonplaats">city</p>
<p name="land2" >Land</p>
</div>
Edit
</div>
Jquery =
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".editinv").click(function() {
var editid = $(this).attr("id");
var edit_or_text = $(this).attr("name");
if(edit_or_text == "edit"){
$(this).closest('div').find('p').each(function(){
var el_naam = $(this).attr("name");
var el_content = $(this).text();
$(this).replaceWith( "<input type='text' name='"+el_naam+"' id='" + el_id + "' value='"+el_content+"' />" );
});
$(".editinv").replaceWith( "<a href='#_' class='editinv' name='done' id='"+editid+"'>Done</a>" );
}
if(edit_or_text == "done"){
$(this).closest('div').find('input').each(function(){
var el_naam = $(this).attr("name");
var el_content = $(this).attr("value");
$(this).replaceWith( "<p name='"+el_naam+"' id='" + el_id + "'>'"+el_content+"' </p>" );
});
$(".editinv").replaceWith( "<a href='#_' class='editinv' name='edit' id='"+editid+"'>Bewerken</a>" );
}
});
});
When clicking on edit it changes perfectly to input fields and changes the edit button to a done button. A click on the done button is never registered though, while the class is the same.
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: I created a JSfiddle of the problem http://jsfiddle.net/hBJ5a/
ITs quite simple, why doesn't the element accept a second click and revert back after already being changed?

Note that if you change the name of all the <p> tags to the same name, and try to revert them back, there is no way that javascript will know which value should go where.
You should add an additional parameter to your <p> tags that will indicate the type.
e.g.
<p data-type="text" name="bedrijfsnaam">compname</p>
when changed will turn into:
<input type="text" name="bedrijfsnaam" data-type="edit" value="compname" />
when you click the button to change back, you should simply use the same function you are currently using to change the <p>'s into <input>'s, but then reverse the order.
e.g.
function inputToParagraph() {
var inputs = $('input[data-type="edit"]');
inputs.each(function() {
$(this).replaceWith('<p data-type="text" name="'+$(this).attr('name')+'">'+$(this).attr('value')+'</p>');
});
}
ofcourse you should have other actions linked to your submit, an ajax request probably to update the database as well.
NOTE
Not tested, but do know that the function above, if all the attr's are specified will work.
It will directly replace the inputs with P tags with given attributes.
You will have to make sure when you make the <p>'s into <input>'s, you will have to make sure the inputs get the correct attributes as well.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Test</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-2.0.3.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var clickHandler = function() {
var editid = $(this).attr("id");
var edit_or_text = $(this).attr("name");
if (edit_or_text == "edit") {
$(this).closest('div').find('p').each(function() {
var el_id = $(this).attr("id");
var el_naam = el_id; //$(this).attr("name");
var el_content = $(this).text();
$(this).replaceWith("<input type='text' name='" + el_naam + "' id='" + el_id + "' value='" + el_content + "' />");
});
$(".editinv").replaceWith("<a href='#_' class='editinv' name='done' id='" + editid + "'>Done</a>");
}
else /* if (edit_or_text == "done") */ {
$(this).closest('div').find('input').each(function() {
var el_id = $(this).attr("id");
//var el_naam = el_$(this).attr("name");
var el_content = document.getElementById(el_id).value;
// Attribute "name" not allowed on element "p" at this point
//$(this).replaceWith("<p name='" + el_naam + "' id='" + el_id + "'>'" + el_content + "' </p>");
$(this).replaceWith("<p id='" + el_id + "'>" + el_content + "</p>");
});
$(".editinv").replaceWith("<a href='#_' class='editinv' name='edit' id='" + editid + "'>Bewerken</a>");
}
document.getElementById("00001").onclick = clickHandler;
}
$(document).ready(function() {
document.getElementById("00001").onclick = clickHandler;
});
</script>
<style type="text/css">
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="addressblock">
<div class="data">
<!-- Attribute "name" not allowed on element "p" at this point -->
<p id="bedrijfsnaam">company name</p>
<p id="tav">to whom</p>
<p id="adres">street and number</p>
<p id="postcode">1234AB</p>
<p id="woonplaats">city</p>
<p id="land2">Land</p>
</div>
Edit
</div>
</body>
</html>
Tested with Firefox 24.0 / Linux

try out jquery editable plugin
demo: http://www.appelsiini.net/projects/jeditable/default.html

Div's content editor

I have this code:
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.2.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#k123").click(function () {
//var text=$(this).val(); //this does not work
var text=$(this).text();
var k='<div id="k123"><textarea rows="10" cols="10">' + text + '</textarea><br /><input type="button" onclick="save();" value="save"><input type="button" onclick="cancel();" value="cancel"></div>';
$(this).replaceWith(k);
});
});
function save() {
}
function cancel() {
//alert(text);
var k='<div id="k123"></div>';
$("#k123").replaceWith(k);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="k123">aaaaa</div>
</body>
</html>
My question is :
1)In both functions : cancel & save , How can I get content of div id->#k123->textarea->content
functions cancel & save are outside the scope and they are independent functions I cannot tell $(this).parent().
I need to ask about div which has id #k123 , then get inside to textarea's content and get it.
and I have also to get id #k123 automatically because if I have many divs I cannot tell save & cancel manually the div's id, cancel & save should know the div's id sender from the input type='button'`s parent id.
**please I do not prefer the suggestion of sending div id from input button
**We are assuming that both input buttons have no IDS or Names
I tried another way but still having same problem
I replaced
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#k123").click(function () {
var text=$(this).text();
var k='<div id="k123"><textarea rows="10" cols="10">' + text + '</textarea><br /><input type="button" value="save"><input type="button" value="cancel"></div>';
$(this).replaceWith(k);
});
//$("#k123 > input").click(function() {
$("#k123").children("input:second").click(function() {
alert("hi");
});
});
thank you.

I have the working code for you below. You don't even need an id.. just a container div and delegation of events. The below accomplishes what I thought you were after, in what I believe to be a much simpler, and much more efficient fashion:
(I've added comments to assist in understanding the code)
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".container").on('click', function(e) {
if (!$(e.target).is('input') && !$(e.target).is('textarea')) { //check to make sure the target is neither an input or a textarea
var div_text = $(e.target).text(); // use a variable named something other than text, because text is already a method for another element
$(e.target).data('text',div_text); // set the div's current contents as a hidden data attribute, to be retrieved later. You can get rid of this and the other line if you want cancel to completely wipe the div.
var k = '<textarea rows="10" cols="10">' + div_text + '</textarea><br /><input type="button" value="save"><input type="button" value="cancel">';
$(e.target).html(k); //set the inner HTML of the div, so we don't lose any data saved to that div
}
if ($(e.target).is('input') && $(e.target).val() == 'save') {
$(e.target).parent().html($(e.target).parent().find('textarea').val()); // replace the current contents of the parent div with the contents of the textarea within it.
} else if ($(e.target).is('input') && $(e.target).val() == 'cancel') {
$(e.target).parent().html($(e.target).parent().data('text')); //set the contents to the old contents, as stored in the data attribute. Just replace the contents of the .html() here with '' to completely clear it.
}
});
});​
DEMO

REVISED - WORKS
Check this out... not quite there but close!
REVISED JS Fiddle
function editit() {
var divId = $(this).attr('id');
var text = $(this).html();
var k = '<div id="' + divId + '" class="editable"><textarea id="newvalue' + divId +'" rows="10" cols="10">' + text + '</textarea><br /><input id="save' + divId + '" type="button" value="save"><input id="cancel' + divId + '" type="button" value="cancel"></div>';
$('#' + divId).replaceWith(k);
$('#cancel' + divId).click(function() {
$('#' + divId).replaceWith('<div id="' + divId + '" class="editable">' + text + '</div>');
$('.editable').bind('click', editit);
});
$('#save' + divId).click(function() {
$('#' + divId).replaceWith('<div id="' + divId + '" class="editable">' + $("#newvalue" + divId).val()+ '</div>');
$('.editable').bind('click', editit);
});
}
$('.editable').bind('click', editit);