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Re: I copied from a book and still got an error.

From "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Re: I copied from a book and still got an error.
Date 2012-06-15 08:05 +0300
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2012-06-15 7:01, micky wrote:

>> The <form>  markup really just confuses, as does the use of an input
>> element rather than an element with normal text content.
>
> I thought I needed the input element, in order to make a box in which
> to enter text.

That is correct in classic HTML: only form fields (<input>, <textarea>) 
accept text as user input. But for the purpose of demonstrating how 
JavaScript lets you associate events with clicking (which is what the 
example seems to be about), such input is not relevant. And in the 
example, the <input> element has type="button", which makes it a button, 
not a text input field.

In modern HTML, you can make text input from user possible also by using 
the contenteditable attribute on an element. This way, much richer user 
input tools can be implemented, using JavaScript.

-- 
Yucca, http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

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I copied from a book and still got an error. micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2012-06-13 06:37 -0400
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