Setting a hidden field through radio buttons

XtrmelyCanadian

07-11-2003, 05:42 PM

I want to set a hidden field on a form when a user clicks one of 5 radio buttons, here is my code so far....

<INPUT type="hidden" name="q2" value="">
<td width="20%"><font size="-1" face="verdana, arial, helvetica" class="medtext">5<INPUT type="radio" name="cat2" value="" onClick="document.forms[0].q2.value='5'"></font></td>
<td width="20%"><font size="-1" face="verdana, arial, helvetica" class="medtext">4<INPUT type="radio" name="cat2" value="" onClick="document.forms[0].q2.value='4'" ></font></td>
<td width="20%"><font size="-1" face="verdana, arial, helvetica" class="medtext">3<INPUT type="radio" name="cat2" value="" onClick="document.forms[0].q2.value='3'" ></font></td>
<td width="20%"><font size="-1" face="verdana, arial, helvetica" class="medtext">2<INPUT type="radio" name="cat2" value="" onClick="document.forms[0].q2.value='2'" ></font></td>
<td width="20%"><font size="-1" face="verdana, arial, helvetica" class="medtext">1<INPUT type="radio" name="cat2" value="" onClick="document.forms[0].q2.value='1'" ></font></td>

Right now though i am getting a "document.forms.0.q2" is null or not an object, is the above code actually feesable ??? Any help would be appreciated....

Kor

07-11-2003, 06:13 PM

i see no [B]form[/B} tag around... so, which form[0] are u calling?

Terry

07-11-2003, 06:18 PM

Hi,

The code worked fine for me. I'm venturing a guess that you ommitted the <form> tags. Try something like this:

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function setHidden(val)
{
var el = document.forms[0].q2;

el.value = val;
alert(document.forms[0].q2.value);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="hidden" name="q2" value="">
<table><tr>
<td width="20%">5<input type="radio" name="cat2" value="" onClick="setHidden(5);"></td>
<td width="20%">4<input type="radio" name="cat2" value="" onClick="setHidden(4);"></td>
<td width="20%">3<input type="radio" name="cat2" value="" onClick="setHidden(3);"></td>
<td width="20%">2<input type="radio" name="cat2" value="" onClick="setHidden(2);"></td>
<td width="20%">1<input type="radio" name="cat2" value="" onClick="setHidden(1);"></td>
</tr></table>
</form>
</body>
</html>

The alert is there to check if the value is being set or not. To get rid of of it just comment it out.

// alert(document.forms[0].q2.value);

I'm not sure of your level of javascript so if I sound condescending, its not intentional.

Born and bred Maritimer :thumbsup:,
-Terry

Kor

07-11-2003, 06:18 PM

XtrmelyCanadian

07-11-2003, 07:41 PM

I do have the form tag, sorry just forgot to include it. The function worked though, dont know why it wouldnt work in the html tag ??? Thanks Terry and Kor