Sorry, I am not really good with JS.
The code is essentially the user double clicks on the text, textbox appears, changes text, and saves a new value. However, I want the user to be able to also click enter to save the new value.
In addition, if possible, to have a dedicated "Save" button to save the new value and "discard" to keep the old value.
Also, if I double click many times, the text appears as "(input type="text")". Is there a way to remove that?
Please help if you can.
The HTML + JS code
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload = function() {
var elements = getElementsByClassName('text-edit', '*', document);
for(var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
elements[i].ondblclick = function() {
this.setAttribute('oldText', this.innerHTML); // not actually required. I use this just in case you want to cancel and set the original text back.
var textBox = document.createElement('INPUT');
textBox.setAttribute('type', 'text');
textBox.value = this.innerHTML;
textBox.onblur = function() {
var newValue = this.value;
this.parentNode.innerHTML = newValue;
}
this.innerHTML = '';
this.appendChild(textBox);
}
}(i);
}
function getElementsByClassName(className, tag, elm) {
var testClass = new RegExp("(^|\\s)" + className + "(\\s|$)");
var tag = tag || "*";
var elm = elm || document;
var elements = (tag == "*" && elm.all) ? elm.all : elm.getElementsByTagName(tag);
var returnElements = [];
var current;
var length = elements.length;
for(var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
current = elements[i];
if(testClass.test(current.className)) {
returnElements.push(current);
}
}
return returnElements;
}
</script>
</head>
<div><span class="text-edit">Some text</span></div>
</html>
The snippet below allows you to modify the value of a textbox using save button or enter key and discarding any changes using cancel button.
<!-- HTML -->
<h1 id="editable">Lorem Ipsum</h1>
// JavaScript
window.onload = function(){
var h1 = document.getElementById('editable');
h1.onclick = function(){
var old = this;
var input = document.createElement("INPUT");
input.type = "text";
input.value = this.innerHTML;
input.onkeyup = function(e){
var code = (e.keyCode ? e.keyCode : e.which);
if(code == 13) {
old.innerHTML = input.value;
input.parentNode.replaceChild(old, input);
save.parentNode.removeChild(save);
cancel.parentNode.removeChild(cancel);
}
};
this.parentNode.replaceChild(input, this);
var save = document.createElement("INPUT");
save.type = "button";
save.value = "Save";
(function(old, input){
save.onclick = function(){
old.innerHTML = input.value;
input.parentNode.replaceChild(old, input);
this.parentNode.removeChild(this);
cancel.parentNode.removeChild(cancel);
};
})(old, input);
input.parentNode.insertBefore(save, input.nextSibling);
var cancel = document.createElement("INPUT");
cancel.type = "button";
cancel.value = "Cancel";
(function(old, input){
cancel.onclick = function(){
input.parentNode.replaceChild(old, input);
this.parentNode.removeChild(this);
save.parentNode.removeChild(save);
};
})(old, input);
input.parentNode.insertBefore(cancel, input.nextSibling);
};
};