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Old Pedant · 10-31-2012, 08:58 PM

Why why why would you code this:

Code:

//<![CDATA[
      function showData(oTab)
      {
        //get the display container
        var oContainer = document.getElementById('tab_content');
        //get the required data for display
        var oDataContainer = document.getElementById(oTab.id + '_content');
        //empty the display container;
        oContainer.innerHTML = "";
        //fill it up
        oContainer.innerHTML = oDataContainer.innerHTML;
      }

Why copy the contents from a hidden <div> to a visible <div> instead of just changing WHICH <div> is shown and which is hidden????

Because you copy from the hidden div to the visible div, *OF COURSE* you then WIPE OUT whatever was entered before! Because you are copying the *ORIGINAL* contents, again, and they did NOT contain any filled out field!

10-31-2012, 08:58 PM	PM User \| #2
Old Pedant Supreme Master coder! Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 23,168 Thanks: 59 Thanked 3,993 Times in 3,962 Posts	Why why why would you code this: Code: //<![CDATA[ function showData(oTab) { //get the display container var oContainer = document.getElementById('tab_content'); //get the required data for display var oDataContainer = document.getElementById(oTab.id + '_content'); //empty the display container; oContainer.innerHTML = ""; //fill it up oContainer.innerHTML = oDataContainer.innerHTML; } Why copy the contents from a hidden <div> to a visible <div> instead of just changing WHICH <div> is shown and which is hidden???? Because you copy from the hidden div to the visible div, OF COURSE you then WIPE OUT whatever was entered before! Because you are copying the ORIGINAL contents, again, and they did NOT contain any filled out field! __________________ An optimist sees the glass as half full. A pessimist sees the glass as half empty. A realist drinks it no matter how much there is.