question about onclick updates

[richarro123]

Hello,

i would like to know if its possible to have a form that will allow someone to update a text field with an onlcik (of offclick)
so for instance,
if i was to update my mood, it would show my current mood (which is set in the database) then, when i click on it, it will change to a text field so i can type my new mood in there, then when i click outside the box, it will save my mood as what i just typed. or maybe just have a "post" button next to the text, but it doesnt load a new page so it just updates the database without the page bein reloaded.

Thanks
Rich

[Krik]

The technique that you need is called AJAX. It uses the XMLHttpRequest function in javascript to send and/or retrieve data to and from the server side.

As for having them click something other than a button it can be done. You can use javascript to make it so any html element that someone would click on will run a javascript function and you can make the function submit data if you like.