... you need to change the

value

property of the input.

Yeah, its value and encapsulated in single quotes.

To access the forms[] array to change the value property of the input element (as DrDoc mentioned):

<a href="#" onclick="document.forms['name_of_form'].name_of_input.value = 'mynewvalue'; return false;">

The

value

property of the <input> element does not contain the single quotes (in this case).

The

name_of_form

and

name_of_input

values correspond to the values of the

name

attributes on your form and input elements respectively.

I would use the Yahoo UI Library to attach the event handler. But assuming you're not using that library, here's how I'd do it otherwise.

Assuming the following HTML:

<form name='yourForm' action=""> 
 <div> 
 <input type='text' name='yourInput' id='yourInput' value='Hello World'> 
 <a href='#yourInput' id='yourLink'>Change the world!</a> 
 </div> 
</form> 

Define the following script in the head of your document to keep it unobtrusive:

<script type="text/javascript"> 
// Assign the value to the input with the id passed in 
function changeTheWorld( idRef, val ) { 
 // Make sure browser supports getElementById  
 if(!document.getElementById ) return; 
 // Find the input by it's id 
 var inputObj = document.getElementById( idRef ); 
 if( inputObj ) { 
 // Update the value 
 inputObj.value = val; 
 } 
} 
// Attach all of the behaviors requiured on the page 
function attachBehaviors() { 
 // Make sure browser supports getElementById  
 if(!document.getElementById ) return; 
 // Find the link by it's id 
 var linkObj = document.getElementById( 'yourLink' ); 
 if( linkObj ) { 
 // Attach the onclick handler 
 linkObj.onclick = function() { 
  changeTheWorld( 'yourInput', 'Hello Dolly' ); 
 }; 
 } 
} 
// Define the onload method and tell it to attachBehaviors 
window.onload = function() { 
 attachBehaviors(); 
}; 
</script> 

Just a different approach. :-)

Foitman, has anyone told you lately you kick-A? :-)

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Hahaha... thanks rocknbil. :-)