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Answer 1

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Here, this will do it:

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
var defaultTxt = 'Skriv hvorfor du vælger at stemme ja/nej.
Skal indeholde detaljer, kritik/råd. Klik for at skrive';
</script>
</head>
<body onload="javascript:document.getElementById('comment').value = defaultTxt;">
<form method="POST" action="response.php" >
<textarea onfocus="javascript:document.getElementById('comment').value='';" rows="5"
cols="40" id="comment" name="comment">
</textarea><br />
Ja: <input type="radio" value="Y" name="vote">
eller Nej: <input type="radio" value="N" name="vote">
<input type="submit"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

By changing to radio buttons, you can only get a yes or no answer on the post. I'm not completely sure, but I suspect that by not actually changing the elements value, the default text still got posted. I'm probably going overboard with all the code I wrote, but it does work.

maximus 2010-05-30 17:07:25

function clearContents(element) { element.innerHTML = '';}

Karem 2010-05-30 17:10:52

Answer 2

A:

You can turn your checkbox into a radio button(use type="radio") instead since you only need 1 answer and not both. Also, in your php code, check first if the value of comment = "kriv hvorfor du vælger at stemme ja/nej. Skal indeholde detaljer, kritik/råd. Klik for at skrive" if it is, put a blank comment or catch the error and tell the user to type a comment

corroded 2010-05-30 17:17:55

Ok ive did that but still why does it do "Y" automaticly without picking, and the same when i press Nej "N"?

Karem 2010-05-30 17:22:41

don't put an id on your Y radio button. if you need to put an id, make sure its different from your radio button's name. like id="SCVoteYes" or something

corroded 2010-05-30 17:56:32

Its like this right now: Ja: <input type="radio" value="Y" id="SCvote" name="vote"></input> Nej: <input type="radio" id="SCvote" value="N" name="vote"> </input> it still just inserts Y when i press on the N radiobuttion. And i dont want it to insert Y if i didnt choose anything

Karem 2010-05-30 18:19:49

don't make your IDs the same. you still made your IDs the same. just make SCVoteYes and SCVoteNo as your ids or something. making it the same just gets the first value it finds when you get your variable, in this case Y

corroded 2010-05-30 18:58:25

Answer 3

A:

For the checkboxes if you want to only pick one of the two then you need to useradio` buttons

For the textarea, you should check on submit if the text has changed and if not clear it .. ie.

<form onsubmit="if (!this.comment.cleared) clearContent(this.comment); return true;">
<textarea onfocus="this.cleared=true;javascript:clearContents(this);" rows="5" cols="40" id="comment" name="comment">...</textarea>

Gaby 2010-05-30 17:29:17

I tried your example it wont work, it just inserts "..."

Karem 2010-05-30 17:33:43

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