One more thing. I found that if I include an alert function at the
end of the saveComments function, the value is saved correctly in IE
and FF...however I don't want to have an alert and need to understand
why this happens:
unction saveComments(){
curVal = $j("#act_progress").val();
origVal = $j("#originalText").text();
newVal = curVal + "\n\n" + origVal;
$j("#act_progress").val(newVal);
alert(newVal);
}
On Aug 28, 8:41 am, Mike Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to do the following:
>
> I have a textarea on a page. I want to preserve the text that has
> been previously entered in the text box. My solution has been to do
> the following:
>
> function commentHistory() {
>
> var originalText = $j("#act_progress").text();
> $j("#act_progress").parent().append("<p /><b>History</b><p /><div
> id='originalText'><pre style='font-size:10pt;font-family: verdana,
> arial, helvetica, serif'>"+originalText+"</pre></div>");
> $j("#act_progress").text("");
>
> }
>
> The above function displays the original value of the text box in its
> own div. When a user goes to submit the form the following function
> is called:
>
> function saveComments(){
> curVal = $j("#act_progress").val();
> origVal = $j("#originalText").text();
>
> newVal = curVal + "\n\n" + origVal;
>
> $j("#act_progress").val(newVal);
>
> }
>
> In Firefox this behaves as expected in that the original value is
> appended to the new value and both old and new are saved. However in
> IE...only the new value is saved. Not sure why this is happening and
> need to find a way around it.
>
> M
