SO - 15445168

by Arun P Johny

HTML

<form onsubmit="return validate()">
    <Input type = "text" Id = "songTextInput" size = "40" placeholder = "Insert track here..."/>
    <Input type = "submit" id = "addButton" value = "Add Song"/>
</form>

JavaScript

function validate(event) {
    var textInput = document.getElementById("songTextInput");
    var songName = textInput.value;

    if (songName) {
        alert("Enter a track!");
        return false;
    } else {
        alert("Congrats...track is now being added!");
    }

    var li = document.createElement("li");
    li.innerHTML = songName;
    var ul = document.getElementById("playlist");
    ul.appendChild(li);
    save(songName);    
    
    return false;
}