[RESOLVED] Java script look for blank spaces

[wilburforce]

Guys thanks for the help yesterday, my rubbish function will have never worked i was approaching it wrong.

What i realise now is that i need to validated the form in which the texarea lives.
The problem is I dont have a name for the textarea because it live on the server.

So will this work?

function IsEmpty(aTextField) {
if ((aTextField.value.length==0) ||
(aTextField.value==null)) {
return true;
}
else { return false; }
}

[ashwin]

use this function im javascript

<script language="javascript">
function trimAll( strValue ) {
var objRegExp = /^(\s)$/;
if(objRegExp.test(strValue)) {
strValue = strValue.replace(objRegExp, '');
if( strValue.length == 0)
return strValue;
}

objRegExp = /^(\s)([\W\w])(\b\s$)/;
if(objRegExp.test(strValue)) {

strValue = strValue.replace(objRegExp, '$2');
}
return strValue;
}

document.form1.txtField.value = trimAll(document.form1.txtField.value);
</script>

on the onsubmit method of the form write this function

<script language = "javascript">
function validate(){
if(document.form1.txtField.value == ""){
alert("Please enter value for textarea");
return false;
}
}

</script>

[wilburforce]

Thanks for that i will try it later on. Will the user have notification that they have failed to fill the textarea?

I dont want a user to move on untill that textarea is filled

[thorpe]

There is a forum for client-side technoligies, this thread belongs there.

[wilburforce]

Cheers guys