retain highlighted information
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Topic: retain highlighted information
Posted By: pedalcars
Subject: retain highlighted information
Date Posted: 21 January 2004 at 4:24pm
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Is there any way of "remembering" (client side or server side) text highlighted in a text entry field, to pass it to another page? (Without the user manually copying and pasting)
For example: page1.asp has a web form in it with a <textarea> field in it. page2.asp has another form with another entry field on it. If a visitor has text displayed in the field on page1, I want them to be able to highlight part of that text, then go to page2 and have the highlighted section placed in that field automatically. So basically, an automated copy-and-paste operation. Is this possible? NB. Don't worry about why; only about how! 
Ta ------------- http://www.pedalcars.info/ - www.pedalcars.info The most fun on four wheels 
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Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 21 January 2004 at 4:33pm
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Post page1.asp to page2.asp and put in a hidden field: <input type="hidden" name="field" value="<%=request.form("whatever")%>"> then post that to whatever... Think thats what you mean. |
Posted By: pedalcars
Date Posted: 21 January 2004 at 5:31pm
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I only want the part of the contents of the <textarea name="whatever"> that the user has highlighted, i.e., possibly only a word or two, not the entire contents.
I appreciate I'm asking a lot, and it might not even be possible! ------------- http://www.pedalcars.info/ - www.pedalcars.info The most fun on four wheels
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Posted By: Mart
Date Posted: 22 January 2004 at 11:47am
| You could do it with javascript and a frame, not very good at javascript so i can't really help you there. |