i want to have a form whereby i can add a value into the first text field, multiply that by a second hidden field, and display results in a 3rd text field. I want it so as soon as you add a value to the first field it shows the result in the 3rd field, eg on key up.
<label>Qty:</label>
<input name="qty" id="qty" type="text" />
<input name="price" id="price" type="hidden" value="30" /><br />
<label>Total:</label>
<input name="total" id="total" type="text" />
Any help would be great as im new to jquery.
Though you got the answer but you should type cast the values you type in inputs.
I mean what if someone type any other value other than integer... then you will get NaN in 3rd textbox..Here is solution to handle this problem
$(document).ready(function(){
var qty=$("#qty");
qty.keyup(function(){
var total=isNaN(parseInt(qty.val()* $("#price").val())) ? 0 :(qty.val()* $("#price").val())
$("#total").val(total);
});
});
or you can check jsfiddle http://jsfiddle.net/ugPxf/
$("#qty").keyup(function(){
total = $("#qty").val()* $("#price").val();
$("#total").val(total);
});
This should work.
$('#qty').on('keyup',function(){
$('#total').val( $('#qty').val() * $('#price').val());
});
R.