I have an anchor that calls a javascript function in a hidden top frame. I'm passing data to the function and that works fine. Now I have to pass user input to the same function.

What syntax do I use to reference the input field that collects the user input?

Does the input field need to be part of a form?

I need to reference the field in the parameters call to the function.

Thanks

Not to ask a silly question, but how is this related to JSP??? JSP is *server-side* Java, not JavaScript, and has nothing to do with browser-based code, per se.

Having said that...

Yes, the input field needs to be part of a form (some browsers allow it to be outside a <FORM>, but that's not per spec). It could be part of a form that contains only it, if you can see a reason for that kind of organization.

There are several possible ways to address a form field, but the cleanest is something like this:

<form name="TheForm"><input name="TheField"></form>

<script>alert("The user supplied value is " + document.TheForm.TheField.value);</script>

Is that enough? Or did I misread the question?

No that's it, Sorry I was in the wrong Forum.