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Change background Color for group radio inputs

Problem I have a form that the user fills out (basic things like your name, phone number, email, etc). It has a question that asks the user if you want your suggestion to remain anonymous and the user either selects yes or no.
The following image is what I am talking about:
If the user does not select either of the selections and submits the form, a alert box appears notifying the user to select one.
I am able to color a single radio selection red if the user has not selected either of them. I am able to color both radio selections red like the following:
And here is the function that checks whether or not either of those radio buttons have been selected:
myOption = -1;
for ( i=0; i < SubmitIdea.Anonymous.length; i++ ) {
if ( SubmitIdea.Anonymous[i].checked ) {
myOption = i;
}
}
if ( myOption == -1 ) {
alert( "Do you wish to remain anonymous?" );
SubmitIdea.Anonymous[0].focus();
SubmitIdea.Anonymous[0].style.backgroundColor = "red";
SubmitIdea.Anonymous[1].focus();
SubmitIdea.Anonymous[1].style.backgroundColor = "red";
return false;
}
However, I would like the rectangular background border surrounding both the Yes and No radio selection, not individually. This rectangular border will only occur if neither radio selection has been choosen when the user has submitted their results.
The following is the html:
<form name="SubmitIdea" method="POST" class="h">
<table Border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td colspan="5"> </td>
</tr>
<cfoutput>
<tr>
<td class="m">Name: </font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" class="r">
<input type="text" name="Name" value="" class="a" maxlength="32">
</td>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td class="mm">Today's Date: </font></td>
<td class="mm">#TodaysDt#</td></tr>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="mm">Department: </font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" class="r">
<input type="text" name="Department" value="" class="a" maxlength="32">
</td>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td class="mm">Supervisor Name: </font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" class="r">
<input type="text" name="Supervisor" value="" class="a" maxlength="32">
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="mm">Email: </font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" class="r">
<input type="text" name="NomEmail" value="" class="a" maxlength="32" size="25"> <br />
</td>
<td width="50"> </td>
<td class="mm">Phone: </font></td>
<td nowrap="nowrap" class="r">
<input type="text" name="Phone" value="" class="a" maxlength="32">
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" width="500" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="c" align="center">
Your name will be shared and published along with your suggestion unless you want to remain anonymous. Do you wish to remain anonymous? <input type="radio" name="Anonymous" value="Yes"> <strong>Yes</strong> <input type="radio" value="No" name="Anonymous"> <strong>No</strong>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</cfoutput>
<table border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td colspan="5" class="r"><strong>Please provide a brief summary of your idea:</strong></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td colspan="5"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5">
<textarea name="reason" id="textarea1" cols="6" maxlength="500" class="c"
style="background-color: transparent; color:##000000; font-size:14px;"
onFocus="clearTxt(this)" onkeydown="limitTxtArea(this); cntTxt(this, 500, 'cnt');" onkeyup="limitTxtArea(this); cntTxt(this, 500, 'cnt');"></textarea>
<span id="cnt" style="color:##FF0000">500</span> character(s) remaining.<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td colspan="5" class="r"><strong>I believe this suggestion will: (check all that apply)</strong></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="e"><input type="checkbox" name="Sugg1" value="Improve Productivity/Quality">Improve Productivity/Quality </font></td>
<td colspan="4"> </td>
<td class="e"><input type="checkbox" name="Sugg2" value="Improve Process">Improve Process </font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="e"><input type="checkbox" name="Sugg3" value="Increase Revenue">Increase Revenue </font></td>
<td colspan="4"> </td>
<td class="e"><input type="checkbox" name="Sugg4" value="Decrease Expenses/Costs">Decrease Expenses/Costs </font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="e"><input type="checkbox" name="Sugg5" value="Improve safety in the workplace">Improve safety in the workplace </font></td>
<td colspan="4"> </td>
<td class="e"><input type="checkbox" name="Sugg6" value="Improve Customer Service">Improve Customer Service </font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="e"><input type="checkbox" name="Sugg7" value="Enhance employee satisfaction / corporate culture">Enhance employee satisfaction/<br>corporate culture </font></td>
<td colspan="4"> </td>
<td class="e"><input type="checkbox" name="Sugg0" value="Other">Other <input type="text" name="OtherSuggest" value="" class="a" maxlength="32"></font></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td colspan="5" class="r"><strong>Possible challenges to implementation:</strong></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td colspan="5">
<textarea name="reasontwo" id="textarea2" cols="6" maxlength="500" class="c"
style="background-color: transparent; color:##000000; font-size:14px;"
onFocus="clearTxtTwo(this)" onkeydown="limitTxtAreaTwo(this); cntTxtTwo(this, 500, 'cnttwo');" onkeyup="limitTxtAreaTwo(this); cntTxtTwo(this, 500, 'cnttwo');"></textarea>
<span id="cnttwo" style="color:##FF0000">500</span> character(s) remaining.<br /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="5"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td colspan="5" class="r"><strong>What metrics could be used to track results?</strong></td>
</tr>
</table>
<table border="0" align="center">
<tr>
<td colspan="5">
<textarea name="reasonthree" id="textarea3" cols="6" maxlength="500" class="c"
style="background-color: transparent; color:##000000; font-size:14px;"
onFocus="clearTxtThree(this)" onkeydown="limitTxtAreaThree(this); cntTxtThree(this, 500, 'cntthree');" onkeyup="limitTxtAreaThree(this); cntTxtThree(this, 500, 'cntthree');"></textarea>
<span id="cntthree" style="color:##FF0000">500</span> character(s) remaining.<br /><br /></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br />
<table align="center">
<TR>
<TD align="center"><input type="button" value=" Submit " onClick="SubmitMe()" name="SubmitIdeaBtn" style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
Thank You
UPDATE
The following is what I did:
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {
document.addEventListener("click", function(clickEvent) {
if (clickEvent.target.id == 'check') {
var anonymousInputs = document.getElementsByName('Anonymous');
var anonymousContainer = document.getElementById('anonymousContainer');
var anonymousSelected = Array.prototype.find.call(anonymousInputs,function(radioInput) {return radioInput.checked;});
if (anonymousSelected) {
anonymousContainer.className = '';
}
else {
if (anonymousContainer) {
alert( "Do you wish to remain anonymous?" );
anonymousContainer.className += 'borderedContainer';
}
}
}
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<table border="0" width="500" align="center">
<tr>
<td class="c" align="center">
<div>
Your name will be shared and published along with your suggestion unless you want to remain anonymous. Do you wish to remain anonymous? <span id="anonymousContainer"><input type="radio" name="Anonymous" value="Yes"> <strong>Yes</strong>
<input type="radio" value="No" name="Anonymous">
<strong>No</strong>
</span>
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table align="center">
<TR>
<TD align="center"><input id="check" type="button" value=" Submit " onClick="SubmitMe()" name="SubmitIdeaBtn" style="font-size:14px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
So I am not sure what I am doing wrong.

You can put the radio buttons in a container (e.g. a span) and then set the border on the container. See the example below, after clicking the button labeled check.
The snippet uses the hex value for red but feel free to adjust to a different value. Using 'red' as the value may produce varying results across browsers/Operating systems. For more information, refer to the MDN color page.
The snippet also uses Array.find() to determine if any of the radio inputs are checked.
Note:
I originally utilized document.addEventListener() for event delegation and to wait until the DOM was loaded but the OP is using IE 8 or earlier and had issues with that, so I removed that code.
function checkAnonymousSelected(clickEvent) {
var anonymousInputs = document.getElementsByName('Anonymous');
var anonymousContainer = document.getElementById('anonymousContainer');
var anonymousSelected = Array.prototype.find.call(anonymousInputs, function(radioInput) {
return radioInput.checked;
});
if (anonymousSelected) {
anonymousContainer.className = '';
} else {
if (anonymousContainer) {
anonymousContainer.className += 'borderedContainer';
}
}
}
//support IE 8- for OP so do this instead of using document.attachEventListener
//to wait until the DOM is ready and attach event listeners to the buttons...
document.getElementById('check').onclick = checkAnonymousSelected;
document.getElementById('anonymousYes').onclick = checkAnonymousSelected;
document.getElementById('anonymousNo').onclick = checkAnonymousSelected;
.borderedContainer {
border: 3px solid #ff0000;
}
<div>
Your name will be shared and published along with your suggestion unless you want to remain anonymous. Do you wish to remain anonymous? <span id="anonymousContainer"><input type="radio" name="Anonymous" value="Yes" id="anonymousYes" > <strong>Yes</strong>
<input type="radio" value="No" name="Anonymous" id="anonymousNo" >
<strong>No</strong>
</span>
</div>
<button id="check">check</button>

After checked values is not getting unchecked

My requirement is once I click on checkbox and save/update textbox should be disabled and when I uncheck and save/update textbox should be enabled. During check latest_file value should be 1 and during uncheck its value should be 0. Here is my code which I tried:
function disableFileName() {
var latestFile = $("#latestFile").is(":checked");
if (latestFile) {
$("#fileName").attr("disabled", "disabled");
} else {
$("#fileName").removeAttr("disabled");
}
}
<table>
<tr>
<td>Process the latest file from the feed location </td>
<td>
<s:checkbox property="latestFile" styleId="latestFile" value="1" onclick="disableFileName();" tabindex="5" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>File Name</td>
<td nowrap="true">
<s:text property="fileName" styleClass="textbox" styleId="fileName" style="{width:150}" tabindex="6" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>

javascript at Question returns expected result where disableFileName, #latestFile, #fileName are defined. To toggle value of #latestFile you can use $("#latestFile").val(1); at if, $("#latestFile").val(1); at else
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
function disableFileName() {
var latestFile = $("#latestFile").is(":checked");
if (latestFile) {
$("#latestFile").val(1);
$("#fileName").attr("disabled", "disabled");
} else {
$("#latestFile").val(0);
$("#fileName").removeAttr("disabled");
}
console.log($("#latestFile").val());
}
</script>
<table>
<tr>
<td>Process the latest file from the feed location</td>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" property="latestFile" id="latestFile" value="1" onclick="disableFileName();" tabindex="5" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>File Name</td>
<td nowrap="true">
<input type="text" property="fileName" class="textbox" id="fileName" style="width:150" tabindex="6" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>

Try using prop instead of attr to disable the checkbox as shown below:
$("#fileName").prop("disabled", "true");
HTML:
<table>
<tr>
<td>Process the latest file from the feed location </td>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" id="latestFile" value="1" onclick="disableFileName();" tabindex="5" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>File Name</td>
<td nowrap="true">
<input type="textbox" name="fileName" styleClass="textbox" id="fileName" style="width:150" tabindex="6" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Javascript:
function disableFileName() {
var latestFile = $("#latestFile").is(":checked");
if (latestFile) {
$("#fileName").prop("disabled", "true");
$("#latestFile").attr("value", "1");
} else {
$("#fileName").removeAttr("disabled");
$("#latestFile").attr("value", "0");
}
}
Here is the demo: JSFiddle Demo

Javascript: Add multiple fields together and insert into Totals column on Form

I am new to javascript and am making a basic HTML timesheet form. I am simply trying to add the various hour types (Regular, overtime, sick, etc.) together and put that calculated value into a "Total hours" text box. Here is my function that I attempted (I am only using the 1 text box for now but would like advice on how to incorporate the others):
<script>
function findTotal(hours, tot) {
var hours = document.getElementsbyID('hours1').value;
var tot = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < hours.length; i++) {
if (parseInt(hours[i].value))
tot += parseInt(hours[i].value);
}
document.getElementById('total').value = tot;
}
</script>
Here is the corresponding HTML form section:
<b>HOURS</b>
<table width="25%" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="background-color: #ffffff;">
<tr valign="Top">
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br /><b>Regular</b>
</td>
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br />
<input type="text" onblur="findTotal(hours)" id="hours1" size="5">
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br /><b>Overtime</b>
</td>
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br />
<input type="text" onblur="findTotal()" id="hours2" size="5">
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br /><b>Sick</b>
</td>
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br />
<input type="text" onblur="findTotal()" id="hours3" size="5">
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br /><b>Holiday</b>
</td>
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br />
<input type="text" onblur="findTotal()" id="hours4" size="5">
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br /><b>Vacation</b>
</td>
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br />
<input type="text" onblur="findTotal()" id="hours5" size="5">
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br /><b>Leave</b>
</td>
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br />
<input type="text" onblur="findTotal()" id="hours6" size="5">
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br /><b>Jury Duty</b>
</td>
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br />
<input type="text" onblur="findTotal()" id="hours7" size="5">
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br /><b>TOTAL HOURS</b>
</td>
<td style="border-width : 0px;">
<br />
<input type="text" onblur="findTotal()" size="5" id="total">
</td>
</tr>
</table>
Thank you in advance for your help!
-Matt

If you do the same things many times, think about how you could do it generically with CSS (selector) or JavaScript (loop).
Cleaned up HTML:
<b>HOURS</b>
<table id="myTable" width="25%">
<tr valign="top">
<td>Regular</td>
<td>
<input type="text" size="5" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>Overtime</td>
<td>
<input type="text" size="5" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>Sick</td>
<td>
<input type="text" size="5" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>Holiday</td>
<td>
<input type="text" id="hours4" size="5" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>Vacation
</td>
<td>
<input type="text" size="5" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>Leave</td>
<td>
<input type="text" size="5" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>Jury Duty</td>
<td>
<input type="text" size="5" />
</td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>TOTAL HOURS</td>
<td>
<input type="text" size="5" id="total" />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
It is good pratice to separate JavaScript and HTML.
If you work with HTML and JavaScript, it's good to understand how you could access, e.g here the table, without class (getElementsByClassName) and without id (getElementById).
Go through the table rows in the table. Therefore there are rows and cells:
var table = document.getElementById("myTable");
var rows = table.rows;
var rowsLength = rows.length // the number of all rows in the table
Example first row first cell:
var firstRowFirstCell = rows[0].cells[0];
Here, we go through the rows without the last row (total) rowsLength - 1. The input is in the second cell. Therefore we need document.getElementsByTagName
var input = rows[i].cells[1].getElementsByTagName("input");
to add addEventListener:
input[0].addEventListener("blur", function() { ... });
for every input except total (the last one). Assign
function totalHours(containerID) {
var table = document.getElementById(containerID);
var rows = table.rows;
var rowsLength = rows.length;
var total = 0;
for(var i = 0; i < (rowsLength - 1); i += 1) { // not the TOTAL input!
var input = rows[i].cells[1].getElementsByTagName("input");
if(input[0].value !== "") { // no empty inputs
total += parseInt(input[0].value);
}
}
return total;
}
to them.
Full example

Scroll to the top of a scrollable pop div atomaticaly using jquery

First thing first, I am having a popup div, which contains a form
Here's is my div
<div class="addnewrule" id="add_message_0">
<form method="post" action="" id="frmadd">
<input type="hidden" name="filter" value="1">
<input name="rule_id" type="hidden" value="0">
<table class="table-responsive" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10" id="" style="text-align:center; margin-top:0px;">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" align="left"><div id="display_msg_0"></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="40%" align="left">Name:</td>
<td width="60%" align="left"><input class="input_field" name="rule_name" type="text"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Type:</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="radio" name="rule_type" value="0" style="display:none;" />
<input type="radio" name="rule_type" value="1" checked="checked" style="display:none;" />
<div class="btn-group equal_btn">
<button id="block_click" class="btn btn-default" type="button" onclick="setRules(0);">Block Clicks</button>
<button id="filter_click" class="btn btn-default active" type="button" onclick="setRules(1);">Filter Clicks</button>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Rule Active:</td>
<td align="center">
<input type="radio" id="active_0" name="active" value="1" checked="checked" style="display:none;" />
<input type="radio" id="inactive_0" name="active" value="0" style="display:none;" />
<div class="btn-group">
<button type="button" id="status_enb_0" class="btn btn-default active_btn active" onclick="setruleStatus(0,1);">Enable</button>
<button type="button" id="status_dis_0" class="btn btn-default inactive_btn" onclick="setruleStatus(0,0);">Disable</button>
</div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">Campaign ID:</td>
<td align="left"><input class="input_field" name="camp_id" type="text" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" id="rRange">Filter IP Ranges:</td>
<td align="left"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td style="padding:0;" width="45%"><input class="input_field" name="start_ip" type="text" /></td>
<td width="10%" align="center">To</td>
<td style="padding:0;" width="45%" align="right"><input class="input_field" name="end_ip" type="text" /></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" id="rUAs">Filter users agents that contains:</td>
<td align="left"><input class="input_field" name="user_agent" type="text" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" id="rRefs">Filter referers that contains:</td>
<td align="left"><input class="input_field" name="referer" type="text" /></td>
</tr>
<tr id="rUrl" style="display:none;">
<td align="left">Send Blocked Clicks to:</td>
<td align="left"><input class="input_field" type="text" id="rule_url" name="rule_url" value="" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" colspan="2"><table class="copypaste" width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td>Apply <a href="javascript:void(0)" class="btn orange_button tab2" onclick="cancel_popup('add_new_rule')" >Cancel</a></td>
</tr>
</table></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</div>
Now, here is the jquery ajax function given below.. It checks for the validation and displays the validation message in a message div...
function submitRule(frmId,rule_id)
{
var data=$('#'+frmId).serializeArray();
$.ajax({
type:'POST',
url:'ajax/rule_update_process.php',
data: data,
dataType:'json',
success:function(jData)
{
if(jData.status==1)
{
$("#display_msg_"+rule_id).html(jData.error);
$("#display_msg_"+rule_id).addClass('error');
var child_div = $("#display_msg_"+rule_id);
var parent_div = $("#add_message_"+rule_id);
parent_div.scrollTop(parent_div.scrollTop() + child_div.position().top);
}
else
{
window.location.href='settings_rules.php';
}
}
});
}
Since the popup is a scrollable div, i want to scroll(only within the popup div) to the top so that i can show the message div with the error message..
here'sw how i am getting the screens,.
I used this piece if code to scroll to the top of the popup div to show the error message div,
but this piece of code doesn't seem to work..
What am i doing wrong??
$("#display_msg_"+rule_id).html(jData.error);
$("#display_msg_"+rule_id).addClass('error');
var child_div = $("#display_msg_"+rule_id);
var parent_div = $("#add_message_"+rule_id);
parent_div.scrollTop(parent_div.scrollTop() + child_div.position().top);

replace ur last line of code with this
parent_div.scrollTop(0,0);

I will suggest a very simple apprach:
$("#apply_button").click(function () {
var error_message = $("#your_error_message").css("display");
if (error_message != "none") {
$("#add_message_0").scrollTop(0);
};
});
Code speaks for itself.
BR

You can use css only brother. Example this is your form.
<div>
<form class="has-error">
<p>error</p>
<input name="" value="">
</form>
<div>
you can use the class .has-error to set a css codes. your css codes will only use if the error message is displayed.
div{ overflow-y: scroll; }
div .has-error{ height: 400px; }
height will defend your current section height with errors message.
Something like this on fiddle demo
if the message is not visible on button click, add this to your click function code
$( '#add_message_1' ).delay( 200 ).animate({scrollTop: 0 }, 300);}

Filling multiple textboxes using javascript

Javascript rookie here. I have a small page with a first name/last name and a lookup/clear button. The page then has 15 textboxes below.
I would like for the user to be able to search for the first and last name, and fill up the next empty textbox.
Currently the user can search for a person, and fill the first textbox, but if they search again....it will just replace what is in the first textbox. Here is my relevant code:
<form name="isForm" action="">
<table width="75%" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td colspan="4" class="columnHeaderClass">Search for ID by Name</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Last Name:
<input type="hidden" id=queryType name=queryType value="P" />
<input type="text" size="20" autocomplete="off" id="searchField" name="searchField" />
</td>
<td>First Name:
<input type="text" size="20" autocomplete="off" id="firstField" name="firstField" />
</td>
<td align="center" valign="bottom">
<input id="submit_btn" type="button" value="Lookup/Clear" class="buttonStyle"
onclick="initFieldsDivs(document.isForm.searchField, document.isForm.nameField, document.isForm.idField, document.isForm.firstField);
document.getElementById('nameField').innerHTML='';
this.disabled = true;
doCompletion();" >
</td>
<td><div id="nameField"></div></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="4">
<table id="completeTable" border="1" bordercolor="black" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<td colspan="3"> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<table width="75%" border="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td colspan="3" class="columnHeaderClass">ID(s)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><input name="Student_ID" type="text" id="idField" /></td>
<td align="center"><input name="Student_ID1" type="text" id="idField1" /></td>
<td align="left"><input name="Student_ID2" type="text" id="idField2" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><input name="Student_ID3" type="text" id="idField3" /></td>
<td align="center"><input name="Student_ID4" type="text" id="idField4" /></td>
<td align="left"><input name="Student_ID5" type="text" id="idField5" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><input name="Student_ID6" type="text" id="idField6" /></td>
<td align="center"><input name="Student_ID7" type="text" id="idField7" /></td>
<td align="left"><input name="Student_ID8" type="text" id="idField8" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><input name="Student_ID9" type="text" id="idField9" /></td>
<td align="center"><input name="Student_ID10" type="text" id="idField10" /></td>
<td align="left"><input name="Student_ID11" type="text" id="idField11" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right"><input name="Student_ID12" type="text" id="idField12" /></td>
<td align="center"><input name="Student_ID13" type="text" id="idField13" /></td>
<td align="left"><input name="Student_ID14" type="text" id="idField14" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3">
<div class="submit">
<input type="submit" name="SUBMIT" value="SUBMIT" accesskey="S">
</div>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
So the small amount of javascript that is written.... initFieldDivs() grabs the id of whoever was chosen and puts it into the first textbox (I would like to solve this without changing this function). So, is there anyway to move on to the next textbox when the first is full? thanks in advance, and please ask if you have questions, I know this is confusing.

I think you want something like
function fillNextEmptyTb() {
var allInputs = document.getElementsByTagName("input");
for (var i = 0; i < allInputs.length; i++)
if (allInputs[i].type === "text" && allInputs[i].value == "") {
allInputs[i].value = "whatever you want";
return;
}
}
Or the jQuery way, if you're using it, or plan to try it:
var nextEmpty = $('input:text[value=""]')[0];
$(nextEmpty).val("whatever you want");