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How to get input via a popup and place text in a variable via javascript/jquery

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I have a button on my page. When clicked a popup box should appear allowing the user to enter text. When OK/Submit is pressed, my jscript will then perform some functions using that inputted data. Very straightforward, but I just can't figure out how to do this.

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answered 12 Years ago kenyonmasonc · Accepted Answer

in it's simplest form, you could use prompt(question, default):
(taken from w3schools: http://www.w3schools.com/js/tryit.asp?filename=tryjs_prompt)

function myFunction(){

    var x;

    var name=prompt(Please enter your name,Harry Potter);

    if (name!=null){

       x=Hello  + name + ! How are you today?;

      alert(x);

   }

}

anything else would require lots of javascript & CSS to create layers with buttons and click events on those buttons