get form value

onClick can't get the search input value , what am I missing ?

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<input type="text" value="Search" size="10" >
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Go" class="form"
onClick= return "alert( document.forms[this.formname].elements['Search'].value );">

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Jon Paal said the following on 8/16/2006 4:33 PM:onclick="alert(this.form.elements['Search'].value)"

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Randy Webb wrote on 16 aug 2006 in comp.lang.javascript:
<inputmust have a name to be used
1 alert does not return a usable value
2 do not use onclick here, but onsubmit in the <form>
Try:

<form onsubmit='alert(this.elements["Search"].value);return false'>
<input type='text' name='Search' value='abc' >
<input type='submit' name='Submit' value='Go'>
</form>

the "return false" is only necessary if you do not want to submit ageter
the alert.

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Jon Paal wrote:<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Go" class="form"
onClick="alert(this.form.Search.value);">

And then be sure to put a name="Search" in your input box, as it currently
lacks a name attribute.

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