Apply PHP script to a single text box - javascript

I'm after a simple answer I think.
I have a text box called 'ref' on a page.
When filled in and entered it takes the user to www.website.com/$ref.php.
I need their input to be uppercase to match the directory so I have added this code to change what they type.
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("input").keyup(function() {
var val = $(this).val()
$(this).val(val.toUpperCase())
})
})
</script>
This works great but it is applied to all text boxes on the page.
How do I limit the script to text box 'ref' AND/OR is there a better way of achieving the same effect.
"if (textbox-name=ref) then apply script"
Thanks

Use the jQuery selector you already have:
$("input").keyup(function() {
Change it like this:
$('input[name="ref"]').keyup(function() {
that will select just that one text box and assign the keyup event to it.
jQuery selectors work just like css selectors.
However, if you want to insure that this is the only element that has this keyup function attached, then use an ID attribute.

Select the input by id,
$("#ref").

Your current code is applying the JQuery code to all input elements. To single out just that one, apply an id to the textbox, e.g. id="ref". Then you just reference it by id in your javascript:
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#ref").keyup(function() {
var val = $(this).val()
$(this).val(val.toUpperCase())
})
})
You should also read up on JQuery selectors.

What way did you call this text box 'ref'? if you have class="ref" as an attribute to it, change the selector in jQuery to input.ref. If you have id="ref", change it to input#ref. But you can better do it in php anyway (with strtoupper)

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JQuery selector does not work in dynamically created content?

I am trying to retrieve the .html() .val() or something else within a html element, this is my html code (generated dynamically):
<div class="presupuesto"><h2 class="precio" id="precio" value="1202">1.202,00 €</h2>
I need the .val() attribute!
With JQuery and JavaScript I want to show, what option from a select has been selected and then show the information about h2 tag (price). This is my JS code:
$('select').on('change', function (e) {
var optionSelected = $("option:selected", this);
var valueSelected = this.value;
alert(valueSelected);
alert(("#precio").val());
});
The first alert(valueSelected) works well, but the second one triggers a TypeError
Thanks in advance!
As you said that you have dynamically generated elements. Then You need to use event-delegation:-
$(document).on('change','select',function(){
alert($(this).val()); // to get select value
alert($('#precio').attr('value')); // try to use data-attribute which is standered way
});
Note:- Since <h1>,<h2>..,<div>,<ul><li><p>.... these elements don't have value attribute (In standered way). So use data-attribute option for them like below:-
<h2 class="precio" id="precio" data-value="1202">1.202,00 €</h2>
And then change jQuery code just a bit like below:-
alert($('#precio').data('value'));

WordPress - jQuery function to multiple elements with same class/id

The code below is adding a placeholder to my #e_newsletter_email div. However I have added an additional signup box for the e-newsletter and the placeholder is not showing up on the second one. Is there a way to apply this code to work on both signup boxes?
jQuery(function($) {
$('#e_newsletter_email').attr( 'placeholder', 'You Email Address' );
});
I have tried to add this code to to force the id to add a class but again this only works on the first id. Any other thoughts?
jQuery(function($) {
$('#e_newsletter_email').addClass('e_newsletter_email');
});
Thanks
An Id can only be used once. Use classes for elements that do not need to be uniquely identified.
After some help from #mark.hch we where able to figure out how to create a workaround. Below is the final code:
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(function($) {
$('input').each(function() { if($(this).attr('id') == 'e_newsletter_email') { $(this).addClass('e_newsletter_email_custom'); } });
});
jQuery(function($) {
$('.e_newsletter_email_custom').attr( 'placeholder', 'You Email Address' );
});
</script>
First we needed to loop through each id and add a new class to the e_newsletter_email (which was being used twice). Then once we added the class to the id we where able to update the original function to use class instead of id and everything worked perfectly!
The true answer to the question is to use a class instead of an ID for both fields. As mentioned in the comments, an ID should be unique to each element on a page. In this case, however, the elements only contained an ID and the question then becomes how to add a class to the elements so a future selector can grab them all (or both) to manipulate them.
Using the ID selector $('#e_newsletter_email') only selects one element (as jQuery assumes there is only one element with that ID). So we need a more general selector - in this case, both elements are inputs, so the selector $('input') should grab at least those elements.
Since there could be more inputs on the page than the ones in question, we then need to filter out the ones we want; in this case, we compare the ID attribute of the elements (since we know, even though they're supposed to be unique, two actually contain the same ID).
Grabbing the ID of the element will work even if there are multiple elements with the same ID ($(this).attr('id') will always display the element's assigned ID, even if not unique).
So the code becomes:
//loop through all inputs
$('input').each(function() {
//if the input currently iterating over has the ID in question
if$(this).attr('id') == 'e_newsletter_email') {
//add the class for the input
$(this).addClass('e_newsletter_email_custom');
}
});

How do you find out if any select menu have been put into focus?

I am trying to limit query calls using a function that will place edited items into an object then pass them to a PHP script to update only the edited information. In this case I am using jQuery's change() function, however I can not find a pseudo selector for select menu's (ie. :input, input:checkbox). The only idea I have left is to add a class to all the select menu's and go from there like so:
$(":input, input:checkbox, .selectedMenu").change(function() {
//Some Code here
});
I have checked all over and cannot find any information on this. Would this be the best way or is there an alternative?
Problem: How can you find out if any select menu has been put into focus using a pseudo selector or anything on those lines?
Select is its own tag. You don't need a psuedoselector:
$("select").change(function () { ... });
I think that all you want to do is use the select box that was changed, in this case you can do this
$(":input, input:checkbox, .selectedMenu").change(function() {
var $el = $(this);
alert($el.val());
});
you can add a focused class:
$(":input, input:checkbox, .selectedMenu").change(function() {
$(".focused").removeClass("focused");
this.addClass("focused");
//Some Code here
});
I would put this as a comment but I'm not allowed to... Maybe I misunderstood your question, but what about:
$(":input, input:checkbox, select")

inserting a variable on style tag

I need to change the color of the text based on the drop down list selection.
<select id="room2">
<option>#0808cf</option>
<option>#0E9E26</option>
</select>
<input type="text" id="txtColor">
John: <p style="color:#0808cf" > test </p>
jquery
$('#colors').change(function(){
$('#txtColor').val($("#colors").val());
var fontColor = $('#txtColor').val();
});
I dont want the change to be in the css cause the select id will not be constant. I want it to be inserted in the p style tag. And also i need the text to be John: test to be in one line. I tried this but not working. Thank you.
<p style="color:"+fontColor+" > test </p>
demo: http://jsfiddle.net/kX3EN/
Try - http://jsfiddle.net/kX3EN/7/
$('#colors').change(function(){
$('p').css( 'color', $(this).val() );
});
If you want your "John: test" to be on the same line, you need to:
Change the p (block-level) to something like a span (inline) or
Force the p to act as inline with css (display: inline).
Using jQuery, you need to use the css() function to change the style attribute of an element. Like so:
$('selector for element you want to change').css('color', $("#your-select-element").val());
You'll probably put this in an event handler for your select:
$("select#colors").change(function() {
$("span.changemycolor").css('color', $(this).val());
// 'this', in this case, is your select element
});
got it working by placing the tag after my html code filter. So everytime I append a message will be stored as variable and read as JS when the var is sent to the websocket send method. Thank you

How do I change the value of an input element?

is it possible to "override/overwrite" an input element fixed value using javascript and/or jquery?
i.e. if i have an input element like this:
<div id="myDiv">
<input type="text" name="inputs" value="someValue" />
</div>
is it possible to make a jquery object of that element and then change its value to something else then rewrite the jquery object to the dom??
I'm trying but obviously I haven't got good results!
I've been trying something like this:
$('input').val("someOtherDynamicValue");
var x = $('input');
$("#myDiv").html(x);
If you just want to manipulate the value of the input element, use the first line of your code. However it will change the value of every input element on the page, so be more specific using the name or the id of the element.
$('input[name=inputs]').val("someOtherDynamicValue");
Or if the element had an id
$('#someId').val('some Value');
Check out jQuery's selectors (http://api.jquery.com/category/selectors/) to see how to get whatever element you need to manipulate with jQuery.
You can directly access the value via the $.val() method:
$("[name='inputs']").val("Foo"); // sets value to foo
Without needing to re-insert it into the DOM. Note the specificity of my selector [name='inputs'] which is necessary to modify only one input element on the page. If you use your selector input, it will modify all input elements on the page.
Online Demo: http://jsbin.com/imuzo3/edit
//Changes on the load of form
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#yourTxtBoxID').val('newvalue');
});
//Changes on clicking a button
$(document).ready(function(){
$('#somebuttonID').click(function(){
$('#yourTxtBoxID').val('newvalue');
});
});

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