Showing posts with label JavaScript Popup Boxes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label JavaScript Popup Boxes. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

JavaScript Popup Boxes


JavaScript has three kind of popup boxes: Alert box, Confirm box, and Prompt box.

Alert Box

An alert box is often used if you want to make sure information comes through to the user.
When an alert box pops up, the user will have to click "OK" to proceed.

Syntax

alert("sometext");

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script>
function myFunction()
{
alert("I am an alert box!");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>

<input type="button" onclick="myFunction()" value="Show alert box" />

</body>
</html>

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Confirm Box

A confirm box is often used if you want the user to verify or accept something.
When a confirm box pops up, the user will have to click either "OK" or "Cancel" to proceed.
If the user clicks "OK", the box returns true. If the user clicks "Cancel", the box returns false.

Syntax

confirm("sometext");

Example

var r=confirm("Press a button");
if (r==true)
  {
  x="You pressed OK!";
  }
else
  {
  x="You pressed Cancel!";
  }

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Prompt Box

A prompt box is often used if you want the user to input a value before entering a page.
When a prompt box pops up, the user will have to click either "OK" or "Cancel" to proceed after entering an input value.
If the user clicks "OK" the box returns the input value. If the user clicks "Cancel" the box returns null.

Syntax

prompt("sometext","defaultvalue");

Example

var name=prompt("Please enter your name","Harry Potter");
if (name!=null && name!="")
  {
  x="Hello " + name + "! How are you today?";
  }

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Line Breaks

To display line breaks inside a popup box, use a back-slash followed by the character n.

Example

alert("Hello\nHow are you?");

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