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Lloyd Lee
3,796 Pointsalert vs prompt
What's the difference between alert and prompt?
2 Answers
Richard Duncan
5,568 PointsHi Lloyd,
An alert is a popup that has a notice within it.
A prompt has an input field and expects the user to interact with it by entering some data.
Here's a demo
Lloyd Lee
3,796 PointsAh, of course. I think it's time to take a break and get some coffee...
Richard Duncan
5,568 PointsLloyd Lee No worries :) I've been on the go approaching 10 hours, I know how you feel!
Yaroslav Kleshchev
8,744 PointsAlert will print something on the screen( data from the the from the programmer) . Prompt takes in data from the user and returns it. This can then be stored in a variable to be used else where in the program.
Steve Milani
864 PointsSteve Milani
864 PointsThe alert() dialog box is used to communicate a message to the user (generally warnings of missed actions). For example, if the email address entered is wrong, you can use the alert() message to warn the user about it. Developers also use alerts() as a quick and dirty way to debug their applications.
The prompt() method asks the user for some small input such as a password, completion of a form input, or personal information, such as nickname or title. The prompt dialog box pops up with a simple text box. After the user enters text into the prompt dialog box, its value is returned (or null in case the user hit cancel).