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killermookie@gmail.com
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      12-29-2005
I'm not a javascripter so this is slightly unfamiliar to me. What I'm
trying to do is that if someone clicks the radio button for Other, then
the text input for other will become enabled.

What is wrong with this? Thank you!

<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function Package(thisform) {

if (thisform.package[3].checked) {
thisform.otherPackage.disabled = false
} else {
thisform.otherPackage.disabled = true
}

}
-->
</script>
</head>

<body>

<form name="shipForm">
<input type="text" name="number" size="5">
<input type="radio" name="package"
onClick=Package(shipForm)>Pallet</span>
<input type="radio" name="package" onClick=Package(shipForm)>Box</span>
<input type="radio" name="package"
onClick=Package(shipForm)>Envelope</span>
<input type="radio" name="package"
onClick=Package(shipForm)>Other</span>
<input type="text" name="otherPackage" disabled>
</form>

</body>
</html>
 
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killermookie@gmail.com
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      12-29-2005
I figured it out. No need for a reply.
 
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      12-29-2005
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> I'm not a javascripter so this is slightly unfamiliar to me. What I'm
> trying to do is that if someone clicks the radio button for Other, then
> the text input for other will become enabled.
>
> What is wrong with this? Thank you!
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <script language="JavaScript">
> <!--
> function Package(thisform) {
>
> if (thisform.package[3].checked) {
> thisform.otherPackage.disabled = false
> } else {
> thisform.otherPackage.disabled = true
> }
>
> }
> -->
> </script>
> </head>
>
> <body>
>
> <form name="shipForm">
> <input type="text" name="number" size="5">
> <input type="radio" name="package"
> onClick=Package(shipForm)>Pallet</span>
> <input type="radio" name="package" onClick=Package(shipForm)>Box</span>
> <input type="radio" name="package"
> onClick=Package(shipForm)>Envelope</span>
> <input type="radio" name="package"
> onClick=Package(shipForm)>Other</span>
> <input type="text" name="otherPackage" disabled>
> </form>
>
> </body>
> </html>
>

Try this instead.

<html>
<head>
<title>Package.htm</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function Package(thisform) {
if (thisform.package[3].checked) {
thisform.otherPackage.style.backgroundColor = "#FFFFFF";
thisform.otherPackage.disabled = false;
thisform.otherPackage.focus();
} else {
thisform.otherPackage.value = "";
thisform.otherPackage.style.backgroundColor = "#DDDDDD";
thisform.otherPackage.disabled = true;
}
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="shipForm">
<input type="text" name="number" size="5">
<input type="radio" name="package"
onClick="Package(shipForm)">Pallet
<input type="radio" name="package"
onClick="Package(shipForm)">Box
<input type="radio" name="package"
onClick="Package(shipForm)">Envelope
<input type="radio" name="package"
onClick="Package(shipForm)">Other
<input type="text" name="otherPackage"
disabled style="background-color: #DDDDDD">
</form>
</body>
</html>
 
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killermookie@gmail.com
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      12-29-2005
Thanks McKirahan. This is something I can learn from.

 
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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
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      12-30-2005
McKirahan wrote:

> <html>
> <head>
> <title>Package.htm</title>

Not Valid. <URL:http://validator.w3.org/>

> <script type="text/javascript">
> function Package(thisform) {

Identifiers of methods not intended to be used as constructors should not
start with a capital letter, not even to work around a reserved word issue.

function _package(inp)
{

> if (thisform.package[3].checked) {

Should be

if (thisform.form.elements['package'][3].checked)

aso. `thisform' is a reference to the HTMLFormElement, but that should
not be passed with `shipForm' (it's IE-proprietary); instead, `this' should
be passed and the `form' property of the referenced event target object
should be used. Form controls should be referenced through the `elements'
collection when possible (as here).

> thisform.otherPackage.style.backgroundColor = "#FFFFFF";

<URL:http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/color>

> thisform.otherPackage.disabled = false;
> thisform.otherPackage.focus();

<URL:http://pointedears.de/scripts/test/whatami#inference>

> } else {
> thisform.otherPackage.value = "";
> thisform.otherPackage.style.backgroundColor = "#DDDDDD";
> thisform.otherPackage.disabled = true;

Since `thisform.otherPackage' is used very often, it is prudent to assign
the reference to a variable and use the latter in place once it has been
established that it stores a valid reference:

var o = thisform.otherPackage;
if (o)
{
o.... = ...
}

or, if the recommendation above is followed:

var f, o;
if (inp
&& (f = inp.form)
&& (o = f.elements)
&& (o = o['otherPackage']))
{
var b = f.elements['package'][3].checked;
if (!b)
{
o.value = "";
}

o.style.backgroundColor = b ? '#fff' : '#ccc';
o.style.color = b ? '#000' : '#333';
o.disabled = b;

if (b && isMethodType(typeof o.focus))
{
o.focus();
}
}

> }
> }
> </script>
> </head>
> <body>
> <form name="shipForm">

Not Valid, the `action' attribute is missing.

> <input type="text" name="number" size="5">

type="text" is the default for `input' elements and can be safely omitted.

> <input type="radio" name="package"
> onClick="Package(shipForm)">Pallet
> <input type="radio" name="package"
> onClick="Package(shipForm)">Box
> <input type="radio" name="package"
> onClick="Package(shipForm)">Envelope
> <input type="radio" name="package"
> onClick="Package(shipForm)">Other

But then the `click' event bubbles by default and so could be better handled
at the parent `form' element:

function _package(f)
{
var o;
if (o = f.elements
&& (o = o['otherPackage']))
{
var b = f.elements['package'][3].checked;
if (!b)
{
o.value = "";
}

o.style.backgroundColor = b ? '#fff' : '#ccc';
o.style.color = b ? '#000' : '#333';
o.disabled = b;

if (b && isMethodType(typeof o.focus))
{
o.focus();
}
}
}

<form ... onclick="_package(this);">
<input type="radio" name="package" id="pkg_pallet" value="pallet"
><label for="pkg_pallet">Pallet</label><br>
<input type="radio" name="package" id="pkg_box" value="box"
><label for="pkg_box">Box</label><br>
<input type="radio" name="package" id="pkg_envelope" value="envelope"
><label for="pkg_envelope">Envelope</label><br>
<input type="radio" name="package" id="pkg_other" value="other"
><label for="pkg_other">Other</label><br>
...
</form>

> <input type="text" name="otherPackage"
> disabled style="background-color: #DDDDDD">

That color is not Truly Web-Safe[tm], and the foreground color should
be declared, too. See above.

Furthermore, the element should not be disabled by default but in the
`onload' event handler, because otherwise it becomes useless to users
without client-side script support:

<body onload="document.forms['shipForm'].elements['otherPackage'].disabled
= true;">
...
<form action="..." name="shipForm">
...
<input name="otherPackage" style="background-color:#ccc; color:#666">
...
</form>
...
</body>


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Randy Webb
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      12-30-2005
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn said the following on 12/30/2005 2:46 AM:
> McKirahan wrote:
>
>
>><html>
>><head>
>><title>Package.htm</title>
>
>
> Not Valid. <URL:http://validator.w3.org/>

Irrelevant to the thread.

>><script type="text/javascript">
>>function Package(thisform) {
>
>
> Identifiers of methods not intended to be used as constructors should not
> start with a capital letter, not even to work around a reserved word issue.

Irrelevant to the thread.

> function _package(inp)
> {
>
>
>> if (thisform.package[3].checked) {
>
>
> Should be
>
> if (thisform.form.elements['package'][3].checked)

If thisform is a reference to the form itself then the reference back to
its form is redundant as you are already at the form level.

> aso. `thisform' is a reference to the HTMLFormElement, but that should
> not be passed with `shipForm' (it's IE-proprietary); instead, `this' should
> be passed and the `form' property of the referenced event target object
> should be used. Form controls should be referenced through the `elements'
> collection when possible (as here).
>
>
>> thisform.otherPackage.style.backgroundColor = "#FFFFFF";
>
>
> <URL:http://www.w3.org/QA/Tips/color>

Irrelevant to the thread.

>> thisform.otherPackage.disabled = false;
>> thisform.otherPackage.focus();
>
>
> <URL:http://pointedears.de/scripts/test/whatami#inference>

Irrelevant to the thread.

>> } else {
>> thisform.otherPackage.value = "";
>> thisform.otherPackage.style.backgroundColor = "#DDDDDD";
>> thisform.otherPackage.disabled = true;
>
>
> Since `thisform.otherPackage' is used very often, it is prudent to assign
> the reference to a variable and use the latter in place once it has been
> established that it stores a valid reference:

Irrelevant to the thread.

> var o = thisform.otherPackage;
> if (o)
> {
> o.... = ...
> }
>
> or, if the recommendation above is followed:
>
> var f, o;
> if (inp
> && (f = inp.form)
> && (o = f.elements)
> && (o = o['otherPackage']))
> {
> var b = f.elements['package'][3].checked;
> if (!b)
> {
> o.value = "";
> }
>
> o.style.backgroundColor = b ? '#fff' : '#ccc';
> o.style.color = b ? '#000' : '#333';
> o.disabled = b;
>
> if (b && isMethodType(typeof o.focus))
> {
> o.focus();
> }
> }
>
>
>> }
>>}
>></script>
>></head>
>><body>
>><form name="shipForm">
>
>
> Not Valid, the `action' attribute is missing.

Irrelevant to the thread.

>
>><input type="text" name="number" size="5">
>
>
> type="text" is the default for `input' elements and can be safely omitted.

Irrelevant to the thread.

>
>><input type="radio" name="package"
>> onClick="Package(shipForm)">Pallet
>><input type="radio" name="package"
>> onClick="Package(shipForm)">Box
>><input type="radio" name="package"
>> onClick="Package(shipForm)">Envelope
>><input type="radio" name="package"
>> onClick="Package(shipForm)">Other
>
>
> But then the `click' event bubbles by default and so could be better handled
> at the parent `form' element:

Irrelevant to the thread.

> function _package(f)
> {
> var o;
> if (o = f.elements
> && (o = o['otherPackage']))
> {
> var b = f.elements['package'][3].checked;
> if (!b)
> {
> o.value = "";
> }
>
> o.style.backgroundColor = b ? '#fff' : '#ccc';
> o.style.color = b ? '#000' : '#333';
> o.disabled = b;
>
> if (b && isMethodType(typeof o.focus))
> {
> o.focus();
> }
> }
> }
>
> <form ... onclick="_package(this);">
> <input type="radio" name="package" id="pkg_pallet" value="pallet"
> ><label for="pkg_pallet">Pallet</label><br>
> <input type="radio" name="package" id="pkg_box" value="box"
> ><label for="pkg_box">Box</label><br>
> <input type="radio" name="package" id="pkg_envelope" value="envelope"
> ><label for="pkg_envelope">Envelope</label><br>
> <input type="radio" name="package" id="pkg_other" value="other"
> ><label for="pkg_other">Other</label><br>
> ...
> </form>
>
>><input type="text" name="otherPackage"
>> disabled style="background-color: #DDDDDD">
>
>
> That color is not Truly Web-Safe[tm], and the foreground color should
> be declared, too. See above.

Irrelevant to the thread.

> Furthermore, the element should not be disabled by default but in the
> `onload' event handler, because otherwise it becomes useless to users
> without client-side script support:
>
> <body onload="document.forms['shipForm'].elements['otherPackage'].disabled
> = true;">

use window.onload, not <body onload

> ...
> <form action="..." name="shipForm">
> ...
> <input name="otherPackage" style="background-color:#ccc; color:#666">
> ...
> </form>
> ...
> </body>
>
>
> PointedEars


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      12-30-2005
On 30/12/2005 12:44, Randy Webb wrote:

[snip]

> Irrelevant to the thread.

And you've never posted something irrelevant to a thread? What about
others that have? I know you don't like Thomas, but come on, play nice.

> --
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> Answer:It destroys the order of the conversation

Didn't you forget the question?

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      12-30-2005
Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <> wrote in
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> McKirahan wrote:
>
>> <html>
>> <head>
>> <title>Package.htm</title>
>
> Not Valid. <URL:http://validator.w3.org/>

Really?

The content for the TITLE element is parsed character data (#PCDATA), and
apparently can even include character references (character entity and
numeric character references). The HTML 4.01 specification refers the
reader to the ISO 8879 standard for a definitive reading of #PCDATA.

Cutting and pasting this HTML into the W3C validator and setting Doctype
for 4.01 Transitional, there was only one error making it invalid, which
was the missing 'action' attribute for the form element.

You must have caught the validator when it had a fever that day.


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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
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      12-30-2005
Patient Guy wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <> wrote [...]:
>> McKirahan wrote:
>>> <html>
>>> <head>
>>> <title>Package.htm</title>
>> Not Valid. <URL:http://validator.w3.org/>
>
> Really?

Really.

> The content for the TITLE element is parsed character data (#PCDATA), and
> apparently can even include character references (character entity and
> numeric character references). [...]

I was not referring to the `title' element, but to all of the quoted code up
to this line which lacks the DOCTYPE declaration and lacks the character
set declaration for non-HTTP service. The snippet claims to be a HTML
document; it is not.

> Cutting and pasting this HTML into the W3C validator and setting Doctype
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> for 4.01 Transitional,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
See?

> there was only one error making it invalid, which was the missing 'action'
> attribute for the form element.

You have not validated the document through file upload which would have
revealed the missing character set declaration, too.


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      12-30-2005
Michael Winter said the following on 12/30/2005 10:34 AM:
> On 30/12/2005 12:44, Randy Webb wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
>> Irrelevant to the thread.
>
>
> And you've never posted something irrelevant to a thread? What about
> others that have? I know you don't like Thomas, but come on, play nice.

Yes sir

>> --
>
> [...]
>
>> Answer:It destroys the order of the conversation
>
>
> Didn't you forget the question?

Or forgot to snip it all

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