I have a website where there is a empty box and a input text box. I want to be able to type something in that input box and have it be printed on the empty box.
HTML
<div class='printchatbox'></div>
which is the empty box and
<input type='text' name='fname' class='chatinput'>
which is the input box.
CSS
.printchatbox
{border-width:thick 10px;border-style: solid;
background-color:#fff;
line-height: 2;color:#6E6A6B;font-size: 14pt;text-align:left;float: middle;
border: 3px solid #969293;width:40%;}
If anyone could tell me how to do this I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks
You use the onkeyup
event
Searching with ids is a lot easier. Add ids to your elements as follows:
<div class='printchatbox' id='printchatbox'></div>
<input type='text' name='fname' class='chatinput' id='chatinput'>
JS
var inputBox = document.getElementById('chatinput');
inputBox.onkeyup = function(){
document.getElementById('printchatbox').innerHTML = inputBox.value;
}
Here is a Live example
http://jsfiddle.net/3kpay/
<div class='printchatbox' id='printchatbox'></div>
<input type='text' name='fname' class='chatinput'
onkeyUp="document.getElementById('printchatbox').innerHTML = this.value" />
There are many ways to get this done, possibly the easiest is to use jQuery. In the example below I am using the jQuery keyUp()
function to listen for keyboard events, then writing the updated value to the .printChatBox
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.0.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<div class='printchatbox'>CHANGE ME</div>
<input type='text' name='fname' class='chatinput'>
<script type="script/javascript">
$('.chatinput').keyup(function(event) {
newText = event.target.value;
$('.printchatbox').text(newText);
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
I've posted a working example here: http://jsbin.com/axibuw/1/edit
In your HTML,
<div id='printchatbox'></div>
<br>
<input type='text' id='fname' class='chatinput' onkeyup="annotate()">
In JS,
function annotate(){
var typed= document.getElementById("fname").value;
document.getElementById("printchatbox").innerHTML= typed;
}
Click here for LIVE DEMO
Angular JS does this in two lines of code :
Just import Angular JS as you import other libraries :
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.5/angular.min.js">
Then, on you first div (where you are copying from):
<input type="text" ng-model="myID"> </input>
Then, on the place where you will show the content : just write :
<div> {{myID}}</div>
This is the best solution I have ever found !