Form Validation - check textbox filled in if radio button clicked

[Claire Osborne]

I have created a form at
http://www.habitatforhumanity.org.uk...ndiv_apply.htm

In the Medical Details section we need to ensure that if a radio
button is clicked to indicate a health issue then the textarea box is
filled in.

Is there a way to do this?

I am not an expert in Javascript so please treat me as stupid!

Thanks.

[McKirahan]

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I have created a form at
http://www.habitatforhumanity.org.uk...ndiv_apply.htm

In the Medical Details section we need to ensure that if a radio
button is clicked to indicate a health issue then the textarea box is
filled in.

Is there a way to do this?

I am not an expert in Javascript so please treat me as stupid!

Thanks.

Here's a function that will identify which textareas are blank when there
corresponding radiobutton is "yes".

function radiotext() {
var form = document.applic ation;
var errs = "";
for (i=0; i<form.elements .length; i++) {
if (form.elements[i].type == "radio") {
if (form.elements[i].value == "yes") {
if (form.elements[i].checked) {
if (form.elements[i+1].value == "") {
errs += "\n" + form.elements[i+1].name;
}
}
}
}
}
if (errs != "") {
alert("Please enter:\n" + errs);
return false;
}
return true;
}
It can be called by adding the following line to the "form" tag:

onsubmit="retur n radiotext()"

[Claire Osborne]

Absolutely brilliant - thank you!

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[Michael Winter]

On 10 Feb 2004 17:49:49 GMT, Claire Osborne <cl****@interfa ce-web.co.uk>
wrote:

Absolutely brilliant - thank you!

Though client-side validation is fine, don't forget to validate on the
server, too.

Mike

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