# Preview button

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preview-button/197078>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [August 13, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preview-button/197078 "2006-08-13T17:21:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![blazes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@blazes](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/blazes)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 5:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/preview-button/197078/1 "2006-08-13T17:21:58Z")

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Hello fellow kirupians. I have a small app, and it has a form similar to the form i’m typing in to post. it’s a big test area with two buttons. submit and preview. When I press preview the php goes right, but the text area goes blank. It resets accually. How can I stop this?