E-mail form interactivity
Question
I'm a web development student and I need some help. I have the code below; How do I make it work only when the form is submitted and not the text field is clicked. I also would like it to get and insert the textField's value in the .thanks Div. Please help me learn.
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function(){
$(".quote").click(function(){
$(this).fadeOut(5000);
$(".thanks").fadeIn(6000);
var name = $("#name").val();
$("input").val(text);
});
});
</script>
<style type="text/css">
<!--
.thanks {
display: none;
}
-->
</style>
</head>
<body>
<form action="" method="get" id="quote" class="quote">
<p>
<label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" />
</label>
</p>
<p>
<label>
<input type="submit" name="button" id="button" value="Submit" />
</label>
</p>
</form>
<div class="thanks"> $("#name").val(); Thanks for contacting us, we'll get back to you as soon as posible</div><!-- End thanks -->
2 answers
solution1
0 2011-03-30 21:24:20
There are several things at issue here:
By using $('.quote').click() , you're setting a handler on any click event on any element contained within the <form> . If you want to catch only submit events, you should either set a click handler on the submit button:
// BTW, don't use an id like "button" - it'll cause confusion sooner or later
$('#button').click(function() {
// do stuff
return false; // this will keep the form from actually submitting to the server,
// which would cause a page reload and kill the rest of your JS
});
or, preferably, a submit handler on the form:
// reference by id - it's faster and won't accidentally find multiple elements
$('#quote').submit(function() {
// do stuff
return false; // as above
});
Submit handlers are better because they catch other ways of submitting a form, eg hitting Enter in a text input.
Also, in your hidden <div> , you're putting in Javascript in plain text, not in a <script> tag, so that's just going to be visible on the screen. You probably want a placeholder element you can reference:
<div class="thanks">Thanks for contacting us <span id="nameholder"></span>, we'll get back to you as soon as possible</div>
Then you can stick the name into the placeholder:
var name = $("#name").val();
$('#nameholder').html(name);
I don't know what you're trying to do with the line $("input").val(text); - text isn't defined here, so this doesn't really make any sense.
solution2
0 ACCPTED 2011-03-30 21:29:44
This is a bit rough and ready but should get you going
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#submitbutton").click(function(){
//fade out the form - provide callback function so fadein occurs once fadeout has finished
$("#theForm").fadeOut(500, function () {
//set the text of the thanks div
$("#thanks").text("Thanks for contacting us " + $("#name").val());
//fade in the new div
$("#thanks").fadeIn(600);
});
});
});
and I changed the html a bit:
<div id="theForm">
<form action="" method="get" id="quote" class="quote">
<p>
<label>
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" />
</label>
</p>
<p>
<label>
<input type="button" name="submitbutton" id="submitbutton" value="Submit" />
</label>
</p>
</form>
</div>
<div id="thanks">Thanks for contacting us, we'll get back to you as soon as posible</div><!-- End thanks -->
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