Thanks, but for a variety of reasons, I'm trying to minimize the amount of client-side Javascript. (Among other reasons, I may still need to support IE8 (or, rather, IE11 in IE8 compatibility mode).) Ricky ________________________________________ From: dancer-users <dancer-users-bounces@lists.preshweb.co.uk> on behalf of Andrew Solomon <andrew@geekuni.com> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2021 11:07 AM To: Perl Dancer users mailing list Subject: Re: [dancer-users] Form modules? I would approach this by: * making sure all the html fields have an id * on page load, use jQuery to do a REST call back to the server to work out what to stick in these fields Does that make sense? The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Mass General Brigham Compliance HelpLine at http://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail.