Need to add text to textbox named '.Send' - Can this be done?

rico7474 · May 10, 2002

Hello All,

I have a HTML page I need to add check boxes to that when checked will add the appropriate text to a textbox. The problem is the name of the textbox starts with a period (eg: .Send). Is this possible? Is there a way I can escape the name like:

window.document.form.\.Send.value="some text";

Or can I rename the textbox through javascript when the checkbox is clicked, add the appropriate text, then change the name back?

Any help is much appreciated.
Scott.

dianal · May 10, 2002

Check this snippet

<html>
<body onLoad="document.forms[0].elements['.Send'].value='New text'">
<form>
<input type="text" name=".Send" value="Initial text">
</form>
</body>
</html>

rico7474 · May 10, 2002

Thanks dianal but it did not work.
Here's the error message:

window.document.frmPolRequest.elements..Send
has no properties.

I think it is still expecting a new object after the first period.

Any other suggestions?
Thanks.

xutopia · May 10, 2002

See the w3c specs regarding this.

ID and NAME tokens must begin with a letter ([A-Za-z]) and may be followed by any number of letters, digits ([0-9]), hyphens ("-&quot

, underscores ("_&quot

, colons (":&quot

, and periods (".&quot

.

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/types.html#type-name

Gary

http://www.xutopia.com

Haran

rico7474 · May 10, 2002

Thanks for your response xutopia.

I am assuming then that because the name token begins with the period, the textbox value is locked from any javascript. I cannot alter the name as the CGI script that the form calls is one used by all the online forms here and requires these specific names.

On this particular form, depending on the checkbox clicked, a persons name will be added to the textbox before the form is submitted. Does anyone know of any other way I can get this textbox populated with the values from the checkboxes? Any creative thoughts to save the user from typing in the names directly?

Thanks again for your input all.

spazman · May 10, 2002

you could try innerHTML when the check box gets clicked it changes the the entire box, you could still use the name .send, and use the value= to put the persons name on the box.

SauerC · May 10, 2002

how about trying this ?

<html>
<body onLoad="document.forms[0].elements[0].value='New text'">
<form>
<input type="text" name=".Send" value="Initial text">
</form>
</body>
</html>

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