JavaScript DHTML/Event onMethod/onChange
"onChange" Example
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<head> <script language="JavaScript">
function function2(colors) { var col = (colors.options[colors.selectedIndex].value); if (col) { document.bgColor = col; } alert("The background color has changed to "+col) }
</script></head> <body> <select name="colors" onChange="function2(this)">
<option value="white" selected>White</option> <option value="cyan">Cyan</option> <option value="ivory">Ivory</option>
</select> </body>
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Text field on change event
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<html> <head> <title>Required Field</title> <script type="text/javascript"> window.onload=setupEvents; function setupEvents(evnt) {
document.someForm.text1.onchange = validateField;
} function validateField(evnt) {
var theEvent = evnt ? evnt : window.event; var target = evnt.target ? evnt.target : evnt.srcElement; document.write(target.value);
} </script> </head> <body> <form name="someForm">
<input type="text" name="text1" />
<input type="password" name="text2" />
<input type="hidden" name="text3" value="hidden value" /> <textarea name="text4" cols=50 rows=10>The text area</textarea> <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form> </body> </html>
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