scriptygoddess

Just some random stuff. This post was saved as a draft a long time ago because I needed to refer to one of these – but was waiting until I could find the original source to publish. It's pretty generic/basic stuff, though, (and a really small snippet) so I'm finally posting it.

To set the value of a text element, the following syntax is used:
document.formName.elementName.value = elementValue;

To set a select element, the following syntax is used:
document.formName.elementName.selectedIndex = elementValue;(also see this post: Javascript Sect Selection in Select Element)

To set a radio element, the following syntax is used:
document.formName.elementName[elementValue].checked = true;

To set a checkbox element, the following syntax is used:
document.formName.elementName.checked = true