I am using this code to replace text on a page when a user clicks the link. I would like a way to replace it back to the initial text using another link within the replaced text, without having to reload the page. I tried simply adding the same script within the replaced text and switching 'place' and 'rep_place' but it didn't work. Any ideas? I am sort of a novice at coding so thanks for any advice.
<div id="place">
Initial text here
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function replaceContentInContainer(target,source) {
document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = document.getElementById(source).innerHTML;
}
</script>
<div class="text" onClick="replaceContentInContainer('place', 'rep_place')">
<u>Link to replace text</u></div></div>
<div id="replacements" style="display:none">
<span id="rep_place">
Replacement text here
</div></span>
Where do you store the original text? Consider what you're doing in some simpler code...
a = 123;
b = 456;
a = b;
// now how do you get the original value of "a"?
You need to store that value somewhere:
a = 123;
b = 456;
temp = a;
a = b;
// to reset "a", set it to "temp"
So in your case, you need to store that content somewhere. It looks like the "source" is a hidden element, it can just as easily hold the replaced value. That way values are swapped, not just copied. Something like this:
function replaceContentInContainer(target,source) {
var temp = document.getElementById(target).innerHTML;
document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = document.getElementById(source).innerHTML;
document.getElementById(source).innerHTML = temp;
}
So replace them you simply call:
replaceContentInContainer('place', 'rep_place')
Then to swap them back:
replaceContentInContainer('rep_place', 'place')
Note that this will replace the contents of the "source" element until they're swapped back again. From the current code we can't know if that will affect anything else on the page. If so, you might use a different element to store the original values. That could get complex quickly if you have a lot of values that you need to store.
How's this? I store the initial content in an element of an array called initialContent.
<div id="place">
Initial text here [replace]
</div>
<div id="replacements" style="display:none">
<span id="rep_place">
Replacement text here [revert]
</span>
</div>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
var initialContent = [];
function replaceContentInContainer(target,source) {
initialContent[target] = document.getElementById(target).innerHTML;
document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = document.getElementById(source).innerHTML;
}
function showInitialContent(target) {
document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = initialContent[target];
}
</SCRIPT>
Working example: http://jsbin.com/huxodire/1/
The main changes I did were the following:
I used textContent instead of innerHTML because the later replaces the whole DOM contents and that includes removing your link to replace the text. There was no way to generate that event afterwards.
I closed the first div or else all the text would be removed with the innerText including the text that works as a link.
You said you wanted to replace back to the original text, so I used a variable to hold the last value only if this existed.
Hope this helps, let me know if you need more assistance.
The div tags were mixed up and wiping out your link after running it. I just worked with your code and showed how you could switch.
<div id="place">
Initial text here
</div>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function replaceContentInContainer(target,source) {
document.getElementById(target).innerHTML =
document.getElementById(source).innerHTML;
}
</script>
<div class="text" onClick="replaceContentInContainer('place', 'rep_place')">
<u>Link to replace text</u></div>
<div class="text" onClick="replaceContentInContainer('place', 'original_place')">
<u>Link to restore text</u></div>
<div id="replacements" style="display:none">
<span id="rep_place">
Replacement text here
</span>
<span id="original_place">
Initial text here
</span>
</div>
Related
In some part of an html page, I have a link with the following code :
<a id="idname" class="classname" href="www.MySite.com/image-name.jpg">link-text</a>
I would like to automatically display the same link in another part of the same page by using a javascript.
What would be the script to insert in my page ?
Thank you in advance for any help in this matter.
Patrick
Try this:
myVar = document.getElementById("idname");
varLink = (myVar.attributes.href);
As son as you know the target id:
<div id="targetID">New Link: </div>
<div id="targetID2">New Link 2: </div>
And If you are using jQuery you can do like this:
var link = $("#idname").clone();
link.attr("id",link.attr("id") + (Math.random() * 10));
$("#targetID").append(link);
If not:
var link = document.getElementById("idname");
var newLink = document.createElement("a");
newLink.href = link.href;
newLink.className = link.className;
newLink.innerHTML = link.innerHTML;
newLink.id = link.id + (Math.random() * 10);
document.getElementById("targetID2").appendChild(newLink);
See this Example
<script>
window.onload = function() {
// get data from link we want to copy
var aHref = document.getElementById('idname').href;
var aText = document.getElementById('idname').innerHTML;
// create new link element with data above
var a = document.createElement('a');
a.innerHTML = aText;
a.href = aHref;
// paste our link to needed place
var placeToCopy = document.getElementById('anotherplace');
placeToCopy.appendChild(a);
}
</script>
Use code above, if you want just to copy your link to another place. JSFiddle
First, I want to point out that if you will just copy the element that will throw an error because the copied element will have the same id of the first one, so if you will create a copy of your element you don't have to give it the same id.
Try this code:
function copyLink(newDestination){
var dest=document.getElementById(newDestination);
var newLink=document.createElement("a");
var myLink=document.getElementsByClassName("classname")[0];
newLink.href=myLink.href;
newLink.className = myLink.className;
newLink.innerHTML = myLink.innerHTML;
newDestination.appendChild(newLink);
}
The newDestination parameter is the container element of the new Link.
For example if the new Container element has the id "div1":
window.onload = function() {
copyLink(div1);
}
Here's a DEMO.
Thank you very much to everyone for so many prompt replies.
Finally, I was able to use Jquery.
So, I tried the solution given by Andrew Lancaster.
In my page, I added the codes as follows, in this order :
1-
<span id="span1">
<a class="classname" href="www.MySite.com/image-name.jpg">link-text</a>
</span>
<p>
<span id="span2"></span>
</p>
and further down the page :
2-
<script type="text/javascript">
var span1val = $('#span1').html();
$('#span2').html(span1val);
</script>
Therefore, the two expected identical links are properly displayed.
But, unfortunately, I forgot to say something in my initial request:
the original link is in the bottom part of my page
I would like to have the duplicated link in a upper part of my page
So, would you know how to have the duplicated link above the original link ?
By the way, to solve the invalid markup mentioned by David, I just deleted id="idname" from the original link (that I could ignored or replaced by other means).
Thank you again in advance for any new reply.
Patrick
Using Jquery you could wrap your link in a span with an ID and then get the value of that ID and push it into another span id.
HTML
<span id="span1">
<a id="idname" class="classname" href="www.MySite.com/image-name.jpg">link-text</a>
</span>
<p>
<span id="span2"></span>
</p>
jQuery
var span1val = $('#span1').html();
$('#span2').html(span1val);
Example can be found here.
http://jsfiddle.net/3en2Lgmu/5/
I need to write some html with placeholder used for javascript.
ex:
<span><placeholder data-id="42" data-value="abc"/><span>
Later on, a script will access those placeholders and put content in (next to?) them.
<span><placeholder data-id="42" data-value="abc"><div class="Google"><input type="text" value="abc"/></div><span>
But the placeholder tag doesn't exist. What tag can be used? Using < input type="hidden" .../> all over feels wrong.
Creating Custom tag
var xFoo = document.createElement('placeholder');
xFoo.innerHTML = "TEST";
document.body.appendChild(xFoo);
Output:
<placeholder>TEST</placeholder>
DEMO
Note: However creating hidden input fields with unique ID is good practice.
give your span element an id like,
<span id="placeToAddItem"><span>
and then in jQuery,
$('#placeToAddItem').html('<div class="Google"><input type="text" value="abc"/></div>');
or else
var cloneDiv = $('.Google');
$('#placeToAddItem').html(cloneDiv);
Example
The best way to do this, is using <input type='hidden' id="someId" value=""> tags.
Then you can easily access them by using jQuery, and recall the variable or change it.
var value = $("#someId").val(); to get variable or $("#someId").val(value) to change it.
This complete, no jQuery solution allows you to specify the placeholder/replacement html as a string within the element that will be replaced.
EG HTML:
<div data-placeholder="<div class='Google'><input type='text' value='abc'/></div>"></div>
<div data-placeholder="<div class='Boogle'><input type='text' value='def'/></div>"></div>
<div data-placeholder="<div class='Ooogle'><label>with label <input type='text' value='ghi'/></label></div>"></div>
<span data-placeholder="<em>Post JS</em>">Pre JS</span>
<br />
<button id="test">click me</button>
JS:
Use querySelectorAll to select all elements with the attribute 'data-placeholder' (returns a NodeList)
var placeholders = document.querySelectorAll('[data-placeholder]'); //or by ids, classnames, element type etc
Extend the NodeList prototype with a simple 'each' method that allows us to iterate over the list.
NodeList.prototype.each = function(func) {
for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
func(this[i]);
}
return this;//return self to maintain chainability
};
Extend the Object prototype with a 'replaceWith' method that replaces the element with a new one created from a html string:
Object.prototype.replaceWith = function(htmlString) {
var temp = document.createElement('div');//create a temporary element
temp.innerHTML = htmlString;//set its innerHTML to htmlString
var newChild = temp.childNodes[0];//(or temp.firstChild) get the inner nodes
this.parentNode.replaceChild(newChild, this);//replace old node with new
return this;//return self to maintain chainability
};
Put it all together:
placeholders.each(function(self){
self.replaceWith(self.dataset.placeholder);//the 'data-placeholder' string
});
Another example but here we only replace one specific element with some hard-coded html on click:
document.getElementById("test").addEventListener('click', function() {
this.replaceWith("<strong>i was a button before</strong>");
}, false);
DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/sjbnn68e/
use the code below :
var x = document.createElement('placeholder');
x.innerHTML = "example";
document.body.appendChild(x);
I've been trying to calculate a number using a number given by a user in a text box. I've been trying to use the following code. But when I try to test it, nothing happens. Is there something I'm missing? And is there a way that I can make the imprint variable global?
<form>
<p>How many products do you want
ingraved?<input id="imprint_amount" name="imprint_amount" type="text"/>
</p>
<p>Names to be Imprinted(one per
line)<TEXTAREA COLS=25 NAME="imprint_text" ROWS=5 WRAP=HARD style="resize:none;"></textarea>
</p>
<input onclick="imprint_price" type="button" value="Finish"/>
<p id="total_cost"></p>
</form>
<script type="text/javascript">
function imprint_price() {
var imprint_cost,
imprint_quality,
imprint_total;
imprint_cost = 10.99;
imprint_quantity = document.getElementById('imprint_amount');
imprint_total = $imprint_cost * parseInt(imprint_quantity, 10);
document.getElementById('total_cost') = "$" + imprint_total;
}
Thanks,
Traci
You will want to use the value property of that input element you are referencing in your variable:
… parseInt(imprint_quantity.value, 10);
For arbitrary HTML elements, you need to use textContent (or innerText to support old IE):
document.getElementById('total_cost').textContent = …;
Assigning to an expression as you did should have thrown a quite accurate exception, check your browser's error console for them.
Change your javascript to:
<script type="text/javascript">
function imprint_price() {
var imprint_cost,
imprint_quantity,
imprint_total;
imprint_cost = 10.99;
imprint_quantity = document.getElementById('imprint_amount').value;
imprint_total = imprint_cost * parseInt(imprint_quantity, 10);
document.getElementById('total_cost').innerHTML = imprint_total;
}
</script>
Working jsFiddle here http://jsfiddle.net/Zt38S/2/
In this line, you'll want to set the innerHTML of the element.
document.getElementById('total_cost').innerHTML = "$" + imprint_total;
This basically sets the text inside the <p></p> to be <p>$x.xx</p>.
And also this line should be
imprint_quantity = document.getElementById('imprint_amount').value;
which retrieves the value from the textbox.
Furthermore, when defining the variables, you wrote "quality". It should be
imprint_quantity,
imprint_quantity = document.getElementById('imprint_amount');
=
imprint_quantity = document.getElementById('imprint_amount').value();
Lemme know if that fixes it, a common enough mistake.
am new to coding in javascript and am presently working on a web page where i have some anchor tags in the left navigation bar and onclick of those links, i want to modify the content of a division named content!
the code im using is as follows
for($i=0;$i".mysql_result($cat,$i,0)."";
}
am grabbing the categories from my database and generating links for each of them.
function phpload(clicked) {
if(clicked.name=='php') { alert('hello');
document.getElementsByClassName('content').innerHTML='hello
php';
}
}
and my page i.e the content division is as follows!
> <section class="content">
>
> </section>
Do you have more than one div you want to modify? If not, you should use id and not class. Class is for changing multiple elements at the same time. Try something like this:
div:
<div id="content"></div>
Button:
<input type = "button" value = "Update PHP" onclick = "phpLoad()"/>
Script:
function phpLoad() {
document.getElementById("content").innerHTML = "whatever you want";
}
<div id="div1"> </div>
var v = document.getElementById("div1");
v.innerHTML = "Hello PHP";
document.getElementsByClassName() returns a collection of elementS.
Try document.getElementsByClassName('content')[0].innerHTML or simply add an ID and use document.getElementByID().
I am trying to dynamically create a url slug when a user types into an input. Unwanted characters should be removed. Spaces should be replaced by hyphens and everything into lowercase. So if a user types "Ruddy's Cheese Shop" it should render "ruddys-cheese-shop".
This is what I have so far.
<input id="tb1" />
<div id="tb2"></div>
$('#tb1').keyup(function() {
var Text = $('#tb1').val();
Text = Text.toLowerCase();
Text = Text.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]+/g,'-');
$('#tb2').html($('#tb1').val(Text));
});
It almost works but I am new to js. Thanks
Your code but slightly improved.
$('#tb1').keyup(function() {
var text = $(this).val().toLowerCase();
text = text.replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, '-');
$('#tb2').text(text);
});
You don't need to find $('#tb1') element over and over again since you have a refference to it inside the function as $(this).
http://jsfiddle.net/jFjR3/
It looks ok except where you set the #tb2 value. I think you want:
$('#tb2').html(Text);
Of course, remember since you've called toLowerCase, you don't need to replace upper case chars. Rather a simpler regexp:
Text = Text.replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g,'-');
If you also want to update the edit field as the user types, here's a full example. Note that it will only update #td2 when you start typing.
<html>
<head>
<script src="js/jquery.js" ></script>
<script language="javascript">
$(function() {
$('#tb1').keyup(function() {
var Text = $('#tb1').val();
Text = Text.toLowerCase();
Text = Text.replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g,'-');
$('#tb2').html(Text);
$('#tb1').val(Text);
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<input type="text" id="tb1" value="Ruddy's Cheese Shop" />
<div id="tb2"></div>
</body>
</html>
Looks like you need to run a couple of replaces i.e.
Text = Text.replace(/[\s]+/g,'-');
Text = Text.replace(/[^a-z_0-9\-]+/g,'');
That converts ruddy's Cheese Shop to ruddys-cheese-shop
Hope that helps