I am building a web form where there is a list of inputs. So far, so good.
However, how can I add a link/button to add say another 5 fields to the list. eg:
<input>
<input>
<input>
<input>
<a href="" onclick="">Add 10 more fields</a>
I have looked through many similar q's on this site, however none seem to describe how to add multiple fields.
Thanks for any help,
Harley
EDIT: Thanks all for help, looks like jquery append is the way to go.
However I appreciate the alternative that does not use jquery.
$("#anyDiv").html('<input id="id1"/>');
....
$("#anyDiv").append('<input id="id2"/>');
Here's a js fiddle showing the example of adding 10 inputs using jQuery's append() function. I suggest only doing one addition per click as in user1301840's example though.
HTML
<div id="inputList"></div>
<input type="button" value="Add 10 Inputs" id="addInputs" />
Javascript
$('#addInputs').click(function() {
for (i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
$('#inputList').append('<input type="text" />');
}
});
While you already have answers, I thought I'd try and provide a non-jQuery solution:
function addInput(insertAt, formEl, num, inputType, defaultVal) {
console.log(formEl);
if (!formEl) {
return false;
}
else {
num = num ? num : 5;
var fieldset = document.createElement('fieldset'),
newInput;
for (var i = 0; i < num; i++) {
newInput = document.createElement('input');
newInput.value = defaultVal || '';
newInput.type = inputType || 'text';
fieldset.appendChild(newInput);
}
formEl.insertBefore(fieldset, insertAt);
}
}
var formEl = document.getElementById('theForm'),
aElem = document.getElementById('aElement');
if (window.addEventListener) {
// up to date browsers
aElement.addEventListener('click', function() {
addInput(this, formEl, 10);
}, false);
} else if (window.attachEvent) {
// legacy IE, <9
aElement.attachEvent('onclick', function() {
addInput(this, formEl);
});
}
JS Fiddle demo.
I don't have IE to test, but the above should work with IE < 9 using the attachEvent
fall-back, and >= 9, I think, implements the standard addEventListener()
.
References:
addEventListener()
.
attachEvent()
.
document.createElement()
.
insertBefore()
.
try use the JQuery .append() function
$("a").click(function(e){
$("form").append("<input />");
})
Yep, jquery is the way to go here.
$("<input type='text'>").appendTo("#someContainer");
Good luck.
The following example add input box at click a link:
<div id="start">
<input/><br/><br/>
</div>
<a href="#" id="box">Add more fields</a>
$("#box").click(function(){
var add="";
add+='<input/>'+'<br/>'+'</br/>';
$("#start").append(add);
});
<script type='text/javascript'>
var counter = 1;
var limit = 3;
function addInput(divName) {
var newdiv = document.createElement('div');
newdiv.innerHTML = "<br><input type='text' name='myInputs" + counter + "'> <input type='text' name='myInputs" + counter + "'> <select><option value='88888'>888888888</option></select>";
document.getElementById(divName).appendChild(newdiv);
counter++;
}
</script>
<form method="POST">
<div id="dynamicInput">
<input type="button" value="Add another text input" onclick="addInput('dynamicInput');">
</form>