Using a textarea to output a text

[ndcone]

I want to output a text into a textarea when an anchor is clicked. In other words when you click on an anchor a text is being displayed in the textarea.
Can some explain me how to do this?

[jalarie]

<a href="#" onclick="document.forms['formname']['textareaname'].value='valuetodisplay'>label</a>

[<Eddie>]

The A tag is used as an anchor or hyperlink. The best object for this task would be a button. <a href="#" is semantically incorrect.

[jalarie]

<button value="label" onclick="document.forms['formname']['textareaname'].value='valuetodisplay'>

[ndcone]

And btw is it possible to use something like a .txt file as a source for a text area so i only have to update the txt file instead of the whole page

[jalarie]

And btw is it possible to use something like a .txt file as a source for a text area so i only have to update the txt file instead of the whole page
1. You could use a server-side routine, if such things are available to you and you know how to use them, to put a text file into a page. This would work for everyone and would probably be the best solution if possible.

2. You could use a frameset or iframe to display the text file as-is. You lose all HTML characteristics, and some users surf with frames turned off.

3. You could put the information into a Javascript (.js) file and generate that part of the page on the client. About 10% of users surf with scripting turned off.