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How to get a line break for text pulled randomly from a javascript array const

I'm creating a simple webpage tool for language education that randomly selects a question from a javascript array const, but the longer questions are cut off, especially for mobile. How can I get a line break for these longer text questions? I've tried adding breaks inside the array, and I've tried adding css line breaks for the input and divs, but nothing works.
<style>
.button {
background-color: #094997;
border-radius: 12px;
border: none;
color: white;
padding: 12px 20px;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 24px;
width: 200px;
}
input
{
font-size:22px;
padding: 50px 50px;
text-align: center;
width: 200px;
height: 250px;
}
.questionsdiv {
text-align: center;
}
</style>
<div class="questionsdiv">
<input type="text" "randomquestion"="" id="randomquestion">
<br><br>
<button class="button" onclick="findquestion();" type="randomquestion">Random Question</button>
</div>
<script>
const question = ["How old are you?","Where do you go on Saturdays?","Do you have any brothers or sisters?","How many books do you own?","Who is your favorite music artist lately?","Do you like Jazz music?","Have you ever traveled outside of Japan?","Do you want to live in the countryside or in the city when you are older and have a family?",];
function findquestion() {
let randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * question.length);
document.getElementById("randomquestion").setAttribute("value", question[randomIndex]);
}
</script>

In this code, the input tag is used to display the text, and the input tag in html does not support multi-line texts.
You have to replace input with textarea
And use innerHTML instead of setAttribute
<style>
.button {
background-color: #094997;
border-radius: 12px;
border: none;
color: white;
padding: 12px 20px;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 24px;
width: 200px;
}
textarea
{
font-family:arial;
font-size:22px;
padding: 50px 50px;
text-align: center;
width: 200px;
height: 250px;
}
.questionsdiv {
text-align: center;
}
</style>
<div class="questionsdiv">
<textarea type="text" randomquestion="" id="randomquestion"></textarea>
<br><br>
<button class="button" onclick="findquestion();" type="randomquestion">Random Question</button>
</div>
<script>
const question = ["How old are you?","Where do you go on Saturdays?","Do you have any brothers or sisters?","How many books do you own?","Who is your favorite music artist lately?","Do you like Jazz music?","Have you ever traveled outside of Japan?","Do you want to live in the countryside or in the city when you are older and have a family?",];
function findquestion() {
let randomIndex = Math.floor(Math.random() * question.length);
document.getElementById("randomquestion").innerHTML = question[randomIndex];
}
</script>
NOTE: textarea by default use monospace font-family property you can replace it with any font you want

Input is an element for single-line user input. For line-breaks the textarea is more suitable.
In this case as there is no user input, you can just use a div element and set the innerText.
html
<div type="text" "randomquestion"="" id="randomquestion"></div>
js
document.getElementById("randomquestion").innerText = question[randomIndex];
css
.button {
background-color: #094997;
border-radius: 12px;
border: none;
color: white;
padding: 12px 20px;
text-align: center;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 24px;
}
.questionsdiv {
margin: auto;
width: 200px;
}
Demo here: https://jsfiddle.net/qkpmr81c/1/

How do I reuse an HTML element on the same page using jQuery?

I created a div element called main-middle-column-container in my HTML and styled it with CSS. Basically, main-middle-column-container will create a twitter-like message box that will have a name, date/time, and the message.
I want to reuse main-middle-column-container and all the code inside of it with jQuery so that when new data comes in, it will use a fresh main-middle-column-container as a template to add in the new values (like how twitter would work). When new data comes in, #username, date/time, and This is a random message. #random will be replaced with the incoming data or leave the elements empty and have the new data fill it in.
I thought about using $('.main-middle-column-container').clone().appendTo('.main-middle-column-wrapper'); but that will keep double cloning it (1 box -> 2 box -> 4 box -> 8 box...) instead of cloning it once. I also have an issue of getting rid of main-middle-column-container before I receive any data because I don't want an empty box on the website I am trying to create. I want main-middle-column-container to be created right when I get some kind of data/message.
CSS and HTML (message box)
.main-middle-column-wrapper{
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
width: 49%;
}
.main-middle-column-container{
width: 100%;
}
.main-middle-column{
font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial ,sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
height: auto;
width: 100%;
background-color: white;
padding: 9px 12px;
z-index: -2;
box-shadow: 0 0 2px 0 lightgray;
position: relative;
}
.main-middle-column:hover{
background-color: hsl(200, 23%, 96%);
}
.tweet-pic-wrapper{
position: absolute;
top: 5px;
}
.tweet-pic-container{
position: relative;
height: 48px;
width: 48px;
border: 3px solid transparent;
border-radius: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
z-index: 1;
display: inline-block;
}
.tweet-pic{
position: absolute;
margin: 0 auto;
height: 100%;
left: -6px;
width: auto;
}
.title-account-time{
margin-left: 55px;
}
.msg-title{
font-weight: bold;
}
.msg-acc-name{
color: #657786;
}
.msg-acc-name:hover{
cursor: pointer;
}
.msg-date{
color: #657786;
margin-top: 1px;
}
.tweet-msg{
margin-left: 55px;
margin-top: 5px;
}
<div class="main-middle-column-wrapper">
<div class="main-middle-column-container">
<div class="main-middle-column">
<div class="tweet-pic-wrapper">
<div class="tweet-pic-container">
<img src="Picture of the Moon.jpeg" class="tweet-pic" alt="Picture of the moon.">
</div>
</div>
<div class="title-account-time">
<span class="msg-title">My Twitter</span>
<span class="msg-acc-name">#username</span>
<div class="msg-date">date/time</div>
</div>
<div class="tweet-msg">
This is a random message. #random
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>

I think i have a solution for you, you can create a 'template' and retrieve that template with jquery.
If you put this in your main html file
<script id="hidden-template" type="text/x-custom-template">
<div class="main-middle-column-wrapper">
<div class="main-middle-column-container">
<div class="main-middle-column">
<div class="tweet-pic-wrapper">
<div class="tweet-pic-container">
<img src="Picture of the Moon.jpeg" class="tweet-pic" alt="Picture of the moon.">
</div>
</div>
<div class="title-account-time">
<span class="msg-title">My Twitter</span>
<span class="msg-acc-name">#username</span>
<div class="msg-date">date/time</div>
</div>
<div class="tweet-msg">
this is a story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down and id like to take a minute and just sit right there id like to tell you how i became a prince in a town called belair.
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</script>
You can get the content with jquery like this
var template = $('#hidden-template').html();
Now you have your html 'template' in your javascipt, now your can create more than one of these elements.
$('#target').append(template);
Or you can use a better/simpler method with plain javascript
const card = ({ img_alt, img_src, title, username, date, msg }) => `
<div class="main-middle-column-wrapper">
<div class="main-middle-column-container">
<div class="main-middle-column">
<div class="tweet-pic-wrapper">
<div class="tweet-pic-container">
<img src="${img_src}" class="tweet-pic" alt="${img_alt}">
</div>
</div>
<div class="title-account-time">
<span class="msg-title">${title}</span>
<span class="msg-acc-name">#${username}</span>
<div class="msg-date">${date}</div>
</div>
<div class="tweet-msg">${msg}</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
`;
You can use this as a function to create your elements dynamically with all kinds of data.

Create a function that returns a Template Literal with the desired HTML markup structure. Map your tweets and insert them into a target parent:
const tweets = [
{
_id: 321,
pic: "https://placehold.it/80x80/0bf",
title: "My Twitter",
name: "#username",
date: "2020-01-18",
msg: "this is a story"
},
{
_id: 231,
pic: "https://placehold.it/80x80/f0b",
title: "My alter Twitter",
name: "#user",
date: "2020-01-19",
msg: "Again, another story"
}
];
const newTweet = tweet => `<div class="main-middle-column">
<div class="tweet-pic-wrapper">
<div class="tweet-pic-container">
<img src="${tweet.pic}" class="tweet-pic" alt="${tweet.title}">
</div>
</div>
<div class="title-account-time">
<span class="msg-title">${tweet.title}</span>
<span class="msg-acc-name">${tweet.name}</span>
<div class="msg-date">${tweet.date}</div>
</div>
<div class="tweet-msg">${tweet.msg}</div>
</div>`;
const populateNewTweets = (tweets, parent) => {
if (!tweets.length) return;
$('<div>', {
class: 'main-middle-column-container',
appendTo: parent,
append: tweets.map(newTweet)
});
};
populateNewTweets(tweets, '.main-middle-column-wrapper');
.main-middle-column-wrapper{
display: flex;
flex-direction: column;
width: 49%;
}
.main-middle-column-container{
width: 100%;
}
.main-middle-column{
font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial ,sans-serif;
font-size: 14px;
height: auto;
width: 100%;
background-color: white;
padding: 9px 12px;
z-index: -2;
box-shadow: 0 0 2px 0 lightgray;
position: relative;
}
.main-middle-column:hover{
background-color: hsl(200, 23%, 96%);
}
.tweet-pic-wrapper{
position: absolute;
top: 5px;
}
.tweet-pic-container{
position: relative;
height: 48px;
width: 48px;
border: 3px solid transparent;
border-radius: 100%;
overflow: hidden;
z-index: 1;
display: inline-block;
}
.tweet-pic{
position: absolute;
margin: 0 auto;
height: 100%;
left: -6px;
width: auto;
}
.title-account-time{
margin-left: 55px;
}
.msg-title{
font-weight: bold;
}
.msg-acc-name{
color: #657786;
}
.msg-acc-name:hover{
cursor: pointer;
}
.msg-date{
color: #657786;
margin-top: 1px;
}
.tweet-msg{
margin-left: 55px;
margin-top: 5px;
}
<div class="main-middle-column-wrapper"></div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"></script>

The best solution to this would be to use some kind of templating engine, for example Mustache. If that however is out of the question, the solution to your problem would be something like this:
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
/* this should store the container templates clone in a variable */
mainMiddleContainerTemplate = jQuery(".main-middle-column-container").get(0).clone();
/* this should remove every main middle container from the view, in case
you have multiple containers that are not templates, consider adding
an additional class to your template container */
jQuery(".main-middle-column-container").remove();
});
function addNewContainer(containerData) {
var newContainer = mainMiddleContainerTemplate.clone();
/** add and replace all the data needed on the newContainer **/
newContainer.find('.message-title').html(containerData.title);
newContainer.find('.msg-acc-name').html(containerData.accountName);
....
jQuery(".main-middle-container-wrapper").append(newContainer);
}
But still, I would advice you, to use a templating engine for these kinds of stuff.

$('.main-middle-column-container').first().clone().appendTo('.main-middle-column-wrapper');
The key is to select only one element to be cloned. First is as good as any other.

How do I add/remove div color onclick of the div but not the button?

I have an add and remove button which selects the complete div and adds a green color to the div. The function only works on the "add this extra" and "remove" button. How do I make it work like clicking anywhere on the div instead of the particular button itself?
I would look to hear someone help from you guys.
Regards,
Bilal
$('.btn_extras').addClass('force-hide');
$('.btn-rmv-item').hide();
// Add btn onClick
$('.btn-add-item').on('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
// Show the Adjacent Remove Button
$(e.currentTarget).next("button.btn-rmv-item").show();
// Apply THE DIV class to SELECTED
$(e.currentTarget).closest("div.card-border").addClass('card-bg');
// Show THE btn_extra button
showHideContinueBtn();
// Hide the Button
$(e.currentTarget).hide();
});
// Remove btn onClick
$('.btn-rmv-item').on('click', function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
// Show the Adjacent Remove Button
$(e.currentTarget).prev("button.btn-add-item").show();
// Apply THE DIV class to SELECTED
$(e.currentTarget).closest("div.card-border").removeClass('card-bg');
// Show THE btn_extra button
showHideContinueBtn();
// Hide the Button
$(e.currentTarget).hide();
});
// function to Show/Hide Continue Button w.r.t SELECTIONS
function showHideContinueBtn() {
$('.btn_extras').addClass('force-hide').removeClass('force-block');
$('.btn_skip').removeClass('force-hide').addClass('force-block');
$('div.card').each(function(index) {
if($(this).hasClass('card-bg')) {
$('.btn_extras').removeClass('force-hide').addClass('force-block');
$('.btn_skip').removeClass('force-block').addClass('force-hide');
}
});
}
.card-border {
border: 1px solid #c7c7c7;
border-radius: .25rem;
padding: 15px 18px 10px 18px;
margin-bottom: 30px;
}
div.ho-border:hover {
border: 1px solid #59d389;
}
.upsell-pricing {
float: right;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: 600;
}
.upsell-text {
font-size: 15px;
margin-top: 10px;
color: #333333;
}
.btn-add-item {
font-weight: 600;
letter-spacing: -0.02px;
text-transform: none;
padding: 3px 10px 3px 10px;
margin-left: 20px;
margin-top: 1px;
color: #c7c7c7;
opacity: 0.65;
}
.btn-add-item:focus {
outline: none;
box-shadow: none;
}
.btn-rmv-item {
background-color: transparent;
color: #59d389;
font-weight: 600;
letter-spacing: -0.02px;
text-transform: none;
padding: 3px 8px 3px 8px;
margin-left: 20px;
margin-top: 1px;
}
.btn-rmv-item:focus {
outline: none;
box-shadow: none;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Fuel Replacement -->
<div class="card-border ho-border">
<h4 class="float-left">Fuel replacement</h4>
<div class="upsell-pricing">£49/trip</div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
<div class="upsell-text">Save time and return the vehicle at any fuel level. The price include upto a full tank of petrol/gas.</div>
<div class="mt-3 float-right">
<button class="btn btn-add-item">Add this extra</button>
<button class="btn btn-rmv-item">Remove</button>
</div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div>

You can have the click handler directly on the div (I assume it is .card-border here).
And you need only one button which you toggle the classes and change the text.
I added a .card-bg CSS rule that seemed to be missing in the question...
I also added type="button" to prevent form submission if the button is clicked.
Have a look at the comments in the code below. It replaces the two click handlers you had... And the showHideContinueBtn() function.
$(".card-border").on("click",function(){
// Toggle the div background color
$(this).toggleClass("card-bg");
// Find the button
var btn = $(this).find(".btn");
// Toggle classes for ONE button
btn.toggleClass('btn-add-item btn-rmv-item');
// Depending on a button's class, change it's text
(btn.hasClass("btn-rmv-item"))?btn.text("Remove"):btn.text("Add this extra");
});
.card-border {
border: 1px solid #c7c7c7;
border-radius: .25rem;
padding: 15px 18px 10px 18px;
margin-bottom: 30px;
}
div.ho-border:hover {
border: 1px solid #59d389;
}
.upsell-pricing {
float: right;
font-size: 18px;
font-weight: 600;
}
.upsell-text {
font-size: 15px;
margin-top: 10px;
color: #333333;
}
.btn-add-item {
font-weight: 600;
letter-spacing: -0.02px;
text-transform: none;
padding: 3px 10px 3px 10px;
margin-left: 20px;
margin-top: 1px;
color: #c7c7c7;
opacity: 0.65;
}
.btn-add-item:focus {
outline: none;
box-shadow: none;
}
.btn-rmv-item {
background-color: transparent;
color: #59d389;
font-weight: 600;
letter-spacing: -0.02px;
text-transform: none;
padding: 3px 8px 3px 8px;
margin-left: 20px;
margin-top: 1px;
}
.btn-rmv-item:focus {
outline: none;
box-shadow: none;
}
/* This class was not posted in question... So I improvised one */
.card-bg{
background-color:#44bb44;
}
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Fuel Replacement -->
<div class="card-border ho-border">
<h4 class="float-left">Fuel replacement</h4>
<div class="upsell-pricing">£49/trip</div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
<div class="upsell-text">Save time and return the vehicle at any fuel level. The price include upto a full tank of petrol/gas.</div>
<div class="mt-3 float-right">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-add-item">Add this extra</button>
<!--button class="btn btn-rmv-item">Remove</button-->
</div>
<div class="clearfix"></div>
</div>

Change
$('.btn-add-item').on('click', function(e) {
to
$(e.currentTarget).closest("div.card-border").on('click', function(e) {
If you want a toggle functionality, also add a variable that holds the crt state:
var state="default";
...on('click',function(){
if(state=='default'){
state='checked';
....
} else {
state='default';
....
}
});

If I understood you question right then this is answer you are looking for.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p id="demo" onclick="myFunction()" style="width:200px; height:100px; border: 1px solid black;">
This Div's background color will change.
</p>
<script>
var color=0;
function myFunction() {
// Just Specify The Id you need
var myDiv = document.getElementById("demo");
if(color == 0)
{
myDiv.style.backgroundColor = "red"; color=1;
}
else
{
myDiv.style.backgroundColor = "white"; color=0;
}
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Hope This Solves the Issue.

How to change the behavior of the following css button?

Hello I am working in the following small page, I have two buttons, one to hide a textarea and the other to show it, in fact they work well however I would like to color the buttom called: Hide in green, in order to do it I tried:
<div class="wrapper">
<button class="button buttom2" style="vertical-align:middle" onclick="hide()" background-color= "green"; ><span>Hide</span></button>
</div>
but It doesn't affect the behavior of my button, I would like to appreciate any suggestion to fix the problem, I created the following jsfiddle file to show the problem:
https://jsfiddle.net/12bkgd4q/9/

You are setting background-color= "green"; outside style attribute, you need to put it inside style attribute
<button class="button buttom2" style="vertical-align:middle;background-color:green" onclick="hide()";><span>Hide</span></button>
JSFIDDLE

background-color is a style property, and the colour green is the property-value of that style property; as they're style properties they should be in the style attribute along with the other style(s):
<button class="button buttom2" style="vertical-align:middle; background-color: green;" onclick="hide()"><span>Hide</span></button>
What you may have been trying to use, but mis-remembering, is the old (now obsolete) bgcolor attribute, which would also set the background-color of an element.

flip around background color and the JavaScript call, like this:
style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:green;" onclick="hide();"

OBSERVATIONS:
Declaring inline-style css works, but the best approach is to use external css to separate style from content as well as using unobstrusive javascript to bind events.
SOLUTION:
Change misspelling in "buttom2" to "button2".
Remove inline-styles. (Remove style attribute from buttons tag). Add the desired css properties in your external CSS file.
Remove onclick event from your button tag and add identifiers to your buttons so that you can later bind event listeners with jQuery in a separate JS file.
CODE SNIPPET:
var sTextO = $("#texto");
$("#triggerBtn1").on("click", function() {
sTextO.show();
});
$("#triggerBtn2").on("click", function() {
sTextO.hide();
});
body {
background-color: blue;
}
textarea {
display: block;
margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;
}
#out1 {
width: calc(100% - 150px);
text-align: center;
font-style: normal;
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 28px;
white-space: pre;
background-color: black;
padding: 25px;
border: 25px solid navy;
margin: 25px;
box-shadow: 0 8px 16px red;
}
.wrapper {
text-align: center;
}
.button {
display: inline-block;
box-shadow: 0 8px 16px white;
border-radius: 4px;
background-color: red;
border: none;
color: #FFFFFF;
text-align: center;
font-size: 28px;
padding: 25px;
width: 200px;
transition: all 0.5s;
cursor: pointer;
margin: 5px;
vertical-align: middle
}
.button span {
cursor: pointer;
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
transition: 0.5s;
}
.button span:after {
content: '»';
position: absolute;
opacity: 0;
top: 0;
right: -20px;
transition: 0.5s;
}
.button:hover span {
padding-right: 28px;
}
.button:hover span:after {
opacity: 1;
right: 0;
}
.button2 {
background-color: green;
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<textarea cols="70" rows="15" id="texto"></textarea>
<div id="out1"></div>
<div class="wrapper">
<button id="triggerBtn1" class="button button1"><span>Show</span>
</button>
</div>
<div class="wrapper">
<button id="triggerBtn2" class="button button2"><span>Hide</span>
</button>
</div>
MORE INFO:
JS: Why is using onClick() in HTML a bad practice?
CSS: What's so bad about in-line CSS?

Add this into css
.button2 {
background: green;
}
And there is a typo here -
<button class="button buttom2" style="vertical-align:middle" onclick="hide()" background-color="green" ;><span>Hide</span></button>
Change the classname from "buttom2" to "button2"

The color should be set in the style attribute of the button tag.
<button class="button buttom2" style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:green" onclick="hide()">
https://jsfiddle.net/Lhe768Ld/

Issue was with " " , basically style tag ended just after vertical-align, so it does not recognize the background-color. Include them inside " ".
Hope this would solve your issue:
<button class="button buttom2" style="vertical-align:middle; background-color:green" onclick="hide()"><span>Hide</span></button>

Web menu button to keep a different color

I don't probably know how to search for this precise question and I haven't found anything, so I am sorry if there is already asked somewhere.
I only have 3 buttons and the index is the "Inicio" page. I've applied a :hover to the buttons, but I want to keep it fixed for the button of the displayed page. Obviously, I want to have "Inicio" in this state at the beginning.
(jsfiddle below)
<!-- menu -->
<nav id="nav">
<ul>
<a id=inicio href=#><li class="boton"><p class="text_menu">INICIO</p></li></a>
<a id=productos href=#><li class="boton"><p class="text_menu">PRODUCTOS</p></li></a>
<a id=contacto href=#><li class="boton"><p class="text_menu">CONTACTO</p></li></a>
</ul>
</nav>
#nav {
padding-top: 27px;
padding-left: 25%;
}
#nav ul li {
list-style:none;
display:inline-block;
margin-left: 4%;
text-align: center;
font-family: 'Dosis', sans-serif;
font-size: 100%;
color: #FFF;
}
.text_menu {
padding-top: 5px;
}
.boton {
width: 15%;
height: 57px;
background-color: #0099ff;
border-radius: 10px 10px 0px 0px;
-moz-border-radius: 10px 10px 0px 0px;
-webkit-border-radius: 10px 10px 0px 0px;
border: 0px solid #000000;
}
.boton:hover {
background-color: #0033ff;
}
Here is a jsfiddle:
http://jsfiddle.net/7jbUj/
Thanks for your responses.

U can simply add class like .hovered to current button like
HTML:
<li class="boton hovered"><p class="text_menu">CONTACTO</p></li></a>
CSS:
.hovered {
background-color: #0033ff;
}
UPD: Fiddle
UPD2: For page changing
U simply can add and remove class on `click' like:
$('nav ul a').on('click', function(){
$('nav ul a li.hovered').removeClass('hovered');
$(this).children('li').addClass('hovered');
})
Fiddle2

If you want to use without JQuery, you have to use it in javascript
HTML :
<a id="mnu1" class="mnu hovered" src="#" onclick="makeSelected('mnu1')"> One </a>
<a id="mnu2" class="mnu" src="#" onclick="makeSelected('mnu2')"> Two </a>
<a id="mnu3" class="mnu" src="#" onclick="makeSelected('mnu3')"> Three </a>
CSS :
.mnu{
background-color : #451;
margin-left:20px;
font-size:30px;
}
a:hover{
background-color:#ccc;
}
.hovered{
background-color:#ccc;
}
JS :
var prev_mnuid= "mnu1";
function makeSelected(mnuid){
document.getElementById(prev_mnuid).className = "mnu";
document.getElementById(mnuid).className = "mnu hovered";
prev_mnuid=mnuid;
}
Fiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/rajaveld/t31zc8jx/