Little javascript help

[Scott Salisbury]

Hey all,

Just wondering if anyone can help me with this little form problem I have.

www.scottjs.net/test.htm

If you type in box 1 it will copy the text into box 2 as you're writing it which is what I need it to do, but it is always one character behind and I don't know how else to do it. So if I type a character, the char won't print in the other box until I press another key.

Is there another way Ican do this so when I type the first char it shows the first char in the other box straight away?

Thanks,
Scott.

 

[Augmented]

The value of the text box isn't created until after the keypress event, so I don't believe you can use it in that way.

However, capturing the key(code) pressed when the keypress event fires does work:

function input(e) {
	var keycode = window.event ? e.keyCode : e.which;
	document.formName.textfieldName2.value += String.fromCharCode(keycode);
}

and

<input name="textfieldName" onkeypress="input(event);" type="text">

I'm sure there's a better way to do it, but my brain's running on low power at the moment.

 

[HTMLHugo]

you cant do the whole thing at the end of typing the string then ?