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Edward Szatmary
60 Pointshow to post a url to a page with a submit button using javascript. i need step by step instructions.
please write the source code so i i can see what i did wrong heres my source code whats missing.
<html> <head> <title>Products </title>
</head> <body bgcolor="silver" Align="center"> <h1 style="color:blue";> Products</h1> <hr> <a href="Products.html">Products|</a> <a href="index.html">Back to home|</a> <a href="Advertise.html">Advertise|</a> <a href="About.html">About|</a> <hr> <form method="post" action="Product.html"> <br><br><br><br><br><br><pre><input type="url" id="url" name="url"> <button>submit</button> <script> function post url(){ var post= url document.getElementId.form(); } post url(); function sumbit button(){ var submit=submit button onsubmitbutton= post on submit button.show.onclick(); } submit button(); </script> </body> </html>
2 Answers
Steven Parker
243,318 PointsIt's not clear what you intended the script code to do here, but a script isn't necessary at all just to submit a form. Use a submit input to create the button:
<input type=submit value=submit>
Pressing the button should submit the form with no JavaScript needed.
You might also find the course on HTML Forms helpful.
Jackson Monk
4,527 PointsDon't know if this helps but in your code you have six opening <br> tags and you don't close any of them
Steven Parker
243,318 PointsThe "<br>" element is one of the few that do not have an end tag. The start tag by itself is correct.
See the MDN page for more information.
Jackson Monk
4,527 PointsSorry, mind was somewhere else I guess!