Title: Quick Populate Buttons jquery/java
Last modified: August 11, 2021
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# Quick Populate Buttons jquery/java
* [Roelf Keulder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roelfk7/)
* (@roelfk7)
* [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-populate-buttons-jquery-java/)
* Good day I hope you can help me
* I’m creating a custom plugin and I would like to add 3 Buttons to change the
value in a textbox field.
These 3 buttons has values attached to them but it
need to do a calculation by adding their value to a existing value/variable and
then fill the field with the result I have written a JavaScript that works but
because the form name and textbox name has dashes in them I cant get it to work,
so I think I need a jQuery script instead, but I have no idea how to make it
work. Any help will be appreciated
* Here is an example f code I have written that works on in its own not in my plugin,
just to give you an idea what I want to accomplish:
* ```
Button Form Populate
```
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* [corenominal](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corenominal/)
* (@corenominal)
* [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-populate-buttons-jquery-java/#post-14757583)
* Hi 🙂
* Here is some example code: [https://jsfiddle.net/7Lx5puhb/](https://jsfiddle.net/7Lx5puhb/)
* I think it meets this:
* > These 3 buttons has values attached to them but it need to do a calculation
> by adding their value to a existing value/variable and then fill the field
> with the result
* Is it close to what you are looking for?
* Thread Starter [Roelf Keulder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roelfk7/)
* (@roelfk7)
* [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-populate-buttons-jquery-java/#post-14765677)
* wow thank you so much will try it out now.
* Thread Starter [Roelf Keulder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roelfk7/)
* (@roelfk7)
* [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-populate-buttons-jquery-java/#post-14765869)
* Thank you so much corenominal, it will surely work
* I have one more question: I have a variable called $current-price, which was
generated earlier and I want them if they press the buttons it must add the value
of the button + $current-price value and place the result in the text field.
* I can’t seem to figure that bid out yet.
* Thread Starter [Roelf Keulder](https://wordpress.org/support/users/roelfk7/)
* (@roelfk7)
* [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/quick-populate-buttons-jquery-java/#post-14766199)
* I have hanged the script as follow, but nothing happens:
*