Search page and jump to text

[boomer101]

First time JS coder, I've written a very, VERY feeble attempt at this.

I have a page with about 2,000 listings. I want to build a search box that gets the inputed text, forwards it to some kind of JS function that will scroll the page to that entry on the page.

Here is the input box that I have so far:

<FORM NAME="myform" ACTION="" METHOD="GET">
<INPUT TYPE="text" size="30" NAME="inputbox" VALUE="" onClick="testResults(this.form)">
</FORM>

and the bad bad JS that it links to:

function testResults (form) {
    var TestVar = form.inputbox.value;
	var container = $('span'),
    scrollTo = $(TestVar);

container.scrollTop(
    scrollTo.offset().top - container.offset().top
);
}

Thanks soso much in advance!

[Kor]

And $() would be? If you are a first time coder, do yourself a favor and start with learning JavaScript native language, and only afterward the dialect of a framework or another.

I have a page with about 2,000 listings. I want to build a search box that gets the inputed text, forwards it to some kind of JS function that will scroll the page to that entry on the page.

What's the use? Why to reinvent the wheel? All the modern browsers have already incorporated a Find-in-page widget. Just press CTRL+F and you'll see it.

[boomer101]

Originally Posted by Kor

All the modern browsers have already incorporated a Find-in-page widget. Just press CTRL+F and you'll see it.

It's actually a web app for iOS being written in HTML. Obviously mobile Safari doesn't have a find function.

[Kor]

Aha. OK. I promise to think about