How to add text to form field

[Sillysoft]

Hello,
How do you add text to a form field using javascript? For instance, you want to make something bold in a field and there is a B above the field. You click the B and it populates the field with <b></b> How do you do that?

Thanks
Silly

[dbalsdon]

Its recommended that you search through the other threads to find what you are looking for, as sometimes, the help you are needing is right under your nose..
as it is in this case...
when i posted this reply, the thread http://www.sitepointforums.com/showt...hreadid=120273 was directly beneath this thread on the forum....hopefully it should help, as your problem is exactly the same problem i had

[Crazybanana]

the quick way

into head:

<SCRIPT language=JavaScript>
<!-- Begin
function B()
{
document.Add.write.value += ("<B> </B>\n")
}
// End-->
</SCRIPT> 

body..

<center>
<input onClick=B() type=button value="B" name="button1"></center>
<div align="center">
  <form name="Add">
    <textarea name="write"></textarea>
  </form>
</div>