- Fri Dec 11, 2015 10:54 pm
#36255
The reload is actually triggered by the "document.location.href=..." in the javascript code. If you want to set values without reloading the page, you need more sophisticated javascript code using AJAX (XMLHttpRequest) or websockets for example.
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 12:03 am
#36257
@lethe -thanks! I take it that it's the href tag then as the buttons also invoke a page reload but they have no javascript attached to them.
A quick glance at w3schools.com shows this:
and that is exactly what I want to do. Again, thanks for the pointer!!!
Note to any others who have not seen http://www.w3schools.com - I've been practically living at that site for the last two weeks. They have excellent explanations of html, javascript, DOM, css, and more, including easy to use editable examples.
A quick glance at w3schools.com shows this:
The XMLHttpRequest object is a developers dream, because you can:
Update a web page without reloading the page
and that is exactly what I want to do. Again, thanks for the pointer!!!
Note to any others who have not seen http://www.w3schools.com - I've been practically living at that site for the last two weeks. They have excellent explanations of html, javascript, DOM, css, and more, including easy to use editable examples.
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 12:39 am
#36259
Bang! It works! Yay!!!! I took the first example code they showed here:http://www.w3schools.com/xml/tryit.asp?filename=try_dom_xmlhttprequest and bent it around until it yielded results.
You can't believe how happy I am right now! Awesome!!!
You can't believe how happy I am right now! Awesome!!!
- Sat Dec 12, 2015 9:16 am
#36268
Trickuncle
How about posting the code changes you did, I mainly use POST , and would like to see if I could apply to my code
rather than refreshing page.
How about posting the code changes you did, I mainly use POST , and would like to see if I could apply to my code
rather than refreshing page.
