> }

> <textarea id="chatbox" rows="10" cols="80" class="chatbox"
> readonly="true" onclick="test();">
> </textarea>

> Basically, clicking the textarea "chatbox" will add a line with the
> current time, and unfortunately, every click on the textarea results
> in the identical line being written, which is the time that the page
> was loaded.

> Is there any way I could get Time.now to update with every click?

> Thanks in advance!

> Nick.

> > function test()
> > {
> > document.getElementById("chatbox").value += "<%= Time.now %>" + "\n";

> > }

> > <textarea id="chatbox" rows="10" cols="80" class="chatbox"
> > readonly="true" onclick="test();">
> > </textarea>

> > Basically, clicking the textarea "chatbox" will add a line with the
> > current time, and unfortunately, every click on the textarea results
> > in the identical line being written, which is the time that the page
> > was loaded.

> That's completely normal - At the point that the template is rendered
> all of your <%= are evaluated - if you look at the source in the
> browser you won't see any of your ruby code (and even if you could,
> what's your browser supposed to do with ruby). If you need some ruby
> code evaluated you need to make a request to the server

> Fred

> > Is there any way I could get Time.now to update with every click?

> > Thanks in advance!

> > Nick.