Question

id like to have an input box that a user can enter a search term into that gets passed to maybe a javascript function that then combines some url segments with the search term creating a full url. up until now its been working fine without a form around it, but i would like to add a form to it so users can just hit enter rather than clicking a submit button.

submit button code:

<a href="javascript: void(0)" onClick="this.href = i1 + document.getElementById('intranet').value + i3" target="_blank">
                    <div id="submit" class="out"
                        onMouseOver="document.getElementById('submit').className = 'over';"
                        onMouseOut="document.getElementById('submit').className = 'out';">
                        <span>Submit</span>
                    </div>
                </a>

faulty form/input code:

<form action="" onSubmit="this.href = i1 + document.getElementById('intranet').value + i3; return false;" method="get" target="_blank">
                <input type="text" id="intranet" size="15" value="Search Intranet.."
                    onFocus="document.getElementById('intranet').value = ''"
                    onBlur="document.getElementById('intranet').value = 'Search Intranet..'" / >    
                </form>

possible js function to create url:

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
                    function urlGen(value)
                        {
                            var i1 = "seg1";
                            var i2 = document.getElementById('intranet').value;
                            var i3 = "seg2";

                            var fullURL = i1 + document.getElementById('intranet').value + i3;

                            return fullURL;
                        }
                </script>

Answer 1

Maybe something like:

<form action="" onSubmit="urlGen(this);" method="get" target="_blank">
    <input type="text" id="intranet" size="15" value="Search Intranet.."
                 onFocus="this.value = ''"
                 onBlur="this.value = 'Search Intranet..'" / >    
</form>

function urlGen(f){
   var i1 = 'urlSeg1';
   var i2 = f.intranet.value;
   var i3 = 'urlSef';
   f.action = i1 + i2 + i3;
   return true;
}