Set Radio Button Value to a Predefined Jaavscript Value?

[hulkamani]

Hi I have what seems like a simple question but it has baffled me for hours now. How do I set the value of an HTML radio button to a predefined javascript value? I am trying to get the value of radioButton to = the javascript variable named countryText which is defined earlier in the page.

The following does not work obviously:

<input name="radioButton" type="radio" class="box" value="javascript:countryText" checked="checked" "/>

Any advice? thanks.

 

[monksnake]

without using a server side language, you can't do it "on-the-fly".

However you can set the value = AFTER the HTML element exists. Done like so:

<input id="thisButton" name="radioButton" type="radio" class="box" value="javascript:countryText" checked="checked" "/>
<script type="text/javascript">
   document.getElementById("thisButton").value = countryText;
</script>

You can put that code directly beneath your button, or (better practice) put in on the onload function of the page.




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