Javascript copy form field to another is not working! Help!

[Achilles97]

I know this isn't a PHP question, but I think I can find help here.

I need to copy the text in a textarea to another form when the submit button is clicked on the other form.

Here is my code:

<form method=POST name="form1" ....>
<TEXTAREA name="htmlsource">
//user types here
</TEXTAREA>
</form>

form method="POST" name="form2" target="previewwindow" action=my url>
<input type=hidden name="htmlsource" value="">
<input type="SUBMIT" name="preview" value="Preview" onClick="document.form2.htmlsource.value=document.form1.htmlsource.value;window.open('about:blank','previewwindow');">
</form>

When I click the submit button, I do not get any POST data other than the button's value.

Please Help!

[griffinmt]

Don't have more than 1 item/object with the same name. Change the name/id in form2 from htmlsource to something unique.

[kellog]

Also, is form 2 on the same page, or in another window? If it's in another window, you'll need to specify that in your object path, such as parent.documen.form1.etc...

[Achilles97]

Thanks!

I figured it out! The two fields must be the same type, such as

<textarea>
to
<textarea>

NOT

<textarea>
to
<input type=hidden>