I have a button where it’s been coded to insert special symbols/signs into an input element when clicked on. However the only way it works now is by replacing the entire input element with the symbol/sign, hence overwriting whatever that has already been written in the input element. Is there a way…

You need to get the current value of the input element, modify it (insert the symbol), and then set the input element to the newly modified string. Something like this: let inputValue = $w("#input").value; // get input string inputValue = inputValue + '$'; // append a dollar sign to the string $w(…

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buzzzybeebee November 30, 2021, 8:59am 3

Ah… that’s a very good workaround! It may not be exactly an appending action, but it gives the same output result. Thanks a million Yisrael!

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