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user2423368
user2423368

Reputation: 3

Can't write to textbox with Javascript

(Homework help)

I've tried every little combination and error checking that I can think of, and I still feel stupid being stumped with this one issue. In my HTML, I have an onCLick event for a form that once a user clicks anywhere on the form, the date is supposed to show up in a textbox at the top right of the screen. I can't seem to get my JS to work exactly how I need it to though. I can make it show me the correct value with alerts or document.write's, but it won't populate the text box. Help?

    /*function to get today's date */
function today()
{
    var today = new Date();
    var month = today.getMonth() + 1;
    var day = today.getDate();  
    var year = today.getFullYear();

    if(day<10)
    {
        day= '0' + day;
    } 

    if(month < 10)
    {
        month = '0' + month;
    }

    today = month + '/' + day + '/' + year;

    return today;
}

/*function to get date to load on startup */
function startform()
{
    document.getElementById("formdate").value = today();
}

And my HTML snippet for that form:

<form name="paycheck" onclick="startform()">

I have the JS and HTML files linked up because like I said, I can get the date to show other ways, just not the one I'm trying to get.

EDIT: The input box is as follows:

<input class="date" name="formdate" size="10">

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4233

Answers (2)

splakard nanards
splakard nanards

Reputation: 54

You just missed the id attribute of your textbox:

id="formdate"

Upvotes: 0

Jon Clagg
Jon Clagg

Reputation: 224

When selecting via id: 

document.getElementById("formdate")

Just make sure to have an id assigned to the element: 

<input class="date" name="formdate" id="formdate" size="10">

probably just an oversight

Upvotes: 1

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