Java script problem; please help !

Question

Hi,
I am selecting value from drop down.As soon as I am selecting the value I am displaying the value in one
text area. This text area is having already some text.Iam appending the value from drop down to this text area.
The problem is when I do first time it is fine,but second time when I select value from drop down to
display in text area. this value is getting appended with the first value.
I do'nt want the first value.What I want is when second time I select the value from drop down.The
first selected value get replaced by second value.
This is the script I am using.
function emailAdd(item) {
document.mailForm.to.value =
item.options[item.selectedIndex].value;
document.mailForm.content.value ="Email Address:" +
document.mailForm.to.value
+ '\n' + document.mailForm.content.value
}Please help me and it would be GREAT that if someone can send me an updated code. Thanks and have a wonderful week-end !!!!
-sangita

Answer 1

First and foremost: "JavaScript".equals("Java") not "JavaScript".startsWith("Java")
That aside, you need to keep the original value...
var orig = '';
function emailAdd(item) {
   if(orig == '') {
      orig = document.mailForm.content.value;
   document.mailForm.to.value = item.options[item.selectedIndex].value;
   document.mailForm.content.value =orig + '\n' + document.mailForm.content.value;
}