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I'm still a beginner hence this is difficult, but how do I display the options I selected into an alert box. So it would be "You selected (value), (value), (value)".
This is my select list
<form id='form1'>
<select id="options" multiple >
<option value="action">Action</option>
<option value="animation">Animation</option>
<option value="children">Children</option>
<option value="classics">Classics</option>
<option value="comedy">Comedy</option>
<option value="documentary">Documentary</option>
<option value="drama">Drama</option>
<option value="family">Family</option>
<option value="foreign">Foreign</option>
<option value="games">Games</option>
<option value="horror">Horror</option>
<option value="music">Music</option>
<option value="new">New</option>
<option value="scifi">Sci-Fi</option>
<option value="sports">Sports</option>
<option value="travel">Travel</option>
</select>
</form>
Should I add a button. But what I'm struggling with is the javascript.

The easiest way to access selected elements of a select tag is with the "selectedOptions" property.
I would do it this way:
var form = document.getElementById('form1');
form.addEventListener('submit', function () {
var select = form.querySelector('#options'),
options = select.selectedOptions,
values = [];
for (var i = options.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
values.push(options[i].value);
}
alert('You selected: ' + values.join(', '));
}, false);

Try something like this:
function selectedValues()
{
var x=document.getElementById("options");
var selectedValues= '';
for (var i = 0; i < x.options.length; i++) {
if(x.options[i].selected ==true){
selectedValues += x.options[i].value + ", ";
}
}
alert("You selected: "+ selectedValues.slice(0, -2));
}
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form id='form1'>
<select id="options" multiple onchange="selectedValues()">
<option value="action">Action</option>
<option value="animation">Animation</option>
<option value="children">Children</option>
<option value="classics">Classics</option>
<option value="comedy">Comedy</option>
<option value="documentary">Documentary</option>
<option value="drama">Drama</option>
<option value="family">Family</option>
<option value="foreign">Foreign</option>
<option value="games">Games</option>
<option value="horror">Horror</option>
<option value="music">Music</option>
<option value="new">New</option>
<option value="scifi">Sci-Fi</option>
<option value="sports">Sports</option>
<option value="travel">Travel</option>
</select>
</form>

Alert when selecting some particular value from drop down in JavaScript

Below are the dropdown data..
<select size="1" name="Test_Data">
<option selected value="Select One">Select One</option>
<option value="Data1">IN-Data1</option>
<option value="Data2">IN-Data2</option>
<option value="Data3">IN-Data3</option>
<option value="Data4">AUS-Data4</option>
<option value="Data5">AUS-Data5</option>
<option value="Data6">US-Data6</option>
<option value="Data7">US-Data7</option>
I want to get alert/pop up when I select the data which is start from IN in drop down list.

Try this:
https://jsfiddle.net/mminetto/bggwnkwj/
var select = $('select[name="Test_Data"]');
select.on('change', function(){
var options = select.children('option:selected');
if(options.length > 0 && options[0].innerText.startsWith("IN")){
alert(this.value);
alert(options[0].innerText);
}
});

<select size="1" name="Test_Data" id="dropdown">
<option selected value="Select One">Select One</option>
<option value="Data1">IN-Data1</option>
<option value="Data2">IN-Data2</option>
<option value="Data3">IN-Data3</option>
<option value="Data4">AUS-Data4</option>
<option value="Data5">AUS-Data5</option>
<option value="Data6">US-Data6</option>
<option value="Data7">US-Data7</option>
in javascript
<script>
$("#dropdown").change(function(){
if($(this).find("option:selected").text().startsWith("IN")){
alert("option with IN selected =>"+$(this).find("option:selected").text());
}
});
</script>

Try this code
HTML
<select size="1" onChange="showAlert()" id="dataCountry" name="Test_Data">
<option selected value="Select One">Select One</option>
<option value="Data1">IN-Data1</option>
<option value="Data2">IN-Data2</option>
<option value="Data3">IN-Data3</option>
<option value="Data4">AUS-Data4</option>
<option value="Data5">AUS-Data5</option>
<option value="Data6">US-Data6</option>
<option value="Data7">US-Data7</option>
</select>
JavaScript
<script>
function showAlert() {
var el = document.getElementById('dataCountry'); // get the index
var text = el.options[el.selectedIndex].innerHTML; // get the label
var n = text.search("IN"); //search number of IN
if(n>=0) {
alert(text);
}
}
</script>

Drop down changes automatically ( vise versa would be best )

I need to change the 3rd field automatically depending on first two field. ( it would be best if I change 3rd field and then first 2 fields changes also )
I need a Jquery solution. Anyone can help me please?
<select id="First">
<option val="car">car</option>
<option val="phone">phone</option>
</select>
<select id="Second">
<option val="car">car</option>
<option val="phone">phone</option>
<option val="boll">boll</option>
</select>
<hr>
<select id="ChangeItAutomatically">
<option val="carcar">car car</option>
<option val="carphone">car phone</option>
<option val="carboll">car boll</option>
<option val="phonecar">phone car</option>
<option val="phonephone">phone phone</option>
<option val="phonecarboll">phone boll</option>
</select>

Is this what you're looking for?
$(document).ready(function() {
// on change for the 3rd select
$("#ChangeItAutomatically").on("change", function() {
// get the value and split on space
var value = $(this).val().split(" ");
// select the other two selects based on the values
$("#First").val(value[0]);
$("#Second").val(value[1]);
});
// on change for the first two selects
$("#First, #Second").on("change", function() {
// set the value of the 3rd select based on the combination of values of the first two
$("#ChangeItAutomatically").val($("#First").val() + " " + $("#Second").val());
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id="First">
<option val="car">car</option>
<option val="phone">phone</option>
</select>
<select id="Second">
<option val="car">car</option>
<option val="phone">phone</option>
<option val="boll">boll</option>
</select>
<hr>
<select id="ChangeItAutomatically">
<option val="car car">car car</option>
<option val="car phone">car phone</option>
<option val="car boll">car boll</option>
<option val="phone car">phone car</option>
<option val="phone phone">phone phone</option>
<option val="phone boll">phone boll</option>
</select>

Hide/show the selected option on a secondary select

I have two <select> elements with different IDs.
When the user selects a value from the first select box, I want the second select box to only display connected values.
My code:
<select id="ExtraField_1" name="ExtraField_1">
<option value="1">test1</option>
<option value="2">test2</option>
<option value="3">test3</option>
<option value="4">test4</option>
<option value="5">test5</option>
<option value="6">test6</option>
<option value="7">test7</option>
<option value="8">test8</option>
<option value="9">test9</option>
<option value="10">test10</option>
<option value="11">test11</option>
<option value="12">test12</option>
</select>
<select id="ExtraField_2" name="ExtraField_2">
<option value="1">test1</option>
<option value="2">test2</option>
<option value="3">test3</option>
<option value="4">test4</option>
<option value="5">test5</option>
<option value="6">test6</option>
<option value="7">test7</option>
<option value="8">test8</option>
<option value="9">test9</option>
<option value="10">test10</option>
<option value="11">test11</option>
<option value="12">test12</option>
<option value="13">test13</option>
<option value="14">test14</option>
<option value="15">test15</option>
<option value="16">test16</option>
<option value="17">test17</option>
<option value="18">test18</option>
<option value="19">test19</option>
<option value="20">test20</option>
</select>
So when user selects "test1" from first select boxm he will see only "test2", "test3" and "test4" on the second select box; "test2" from first will show "test6", "test7" and "test8" in the second box.
How can I use JavaScript to resolve this problem?

If you can use jQuery then you can always just clear and append the options to the second select.
$('#ExtraField_1').change(function(){
$('#ExtraField_2').find('option').remove()
if($(this).val() == '1'){
$('#ExtraField_2').append($("<option </option>").attr('value','2').text('test2'));
$('#ExtraField_2').append($("<option></option>").attr('value','3').text('test3'));
$('#ExtraField_2').append($("<option></option>").attr('value','4').text('test4'));
}
if($(this).val() == '2'){
$('#ExtraField_2').append($("<option></option>").attr('value','5').text('test5'));
$('#ExtraField_2').append($("<option></option>").attr('value','6').text('test6'));
$('#ExtraField_2').append($("<option></option>").attr('value','7').text('test7'));
}
});
​
http://jsfiddle.net/8XVuv/2/
using only javascript is a bit more complicated but I would still take the same approach.
function createOption(otext,oValue){
var newOption = document.createElement('option');
newOption.text = otext;
newOption.value = oValue;
return newOption;
}
function clearSelect(theSelect){
for(var i = 0;i <= theSelect.options.length+1;i++)
{
theSelect.remove();
}
}
function onSelect(theSelect){
var nextSelect = document.getElementById('ExtraField_2');
clearSelect(nextSelect);
var selected = theSelect.options[theSelect.selectedIndex];
if(selected.value == 1){
nextSelect.add(createOption('test2','2'));
nextSelect.add(createOption('test3','3'));
nextSelect.add(createOption('test4','4'));
}
if(selected.value == 2){
nextSelect.add(createOption('test5','5'));
nextSelect.add(createOption('test6','6'));
nextSelect.add(createOption('test7','7'));
}
}
with html:
<select id="ExtraField_1" name="ExtraField_1" onchange="javascript: onSelect(this);" >
<option value="0">Select a test..</option>
<option value="1">test1</option>
<option value="2">test2</option>
<option value="3">test3</option>
<option value="4">test4</option>
<option value="5">test5</option>
<option value="6">test6</option>
<option value="7">test7</option>
<option value="8">test8</option>
<option value="9">test9</option>
<option value="10">test10</option>
<option value="11">test11</option>
<option value="12">test12</option>
</select>
<select id="ExtraField_2" name="ExtraField_2">
<option value="0">Select from the left</option>
</select>​
as you can see it still does what you expect but you are not hiding options.
http://jsfiddle.net/upKzW/13/

$('#ExtraField_1').change(function() {
$('#ExtraField_2').val(this.value);
});
http://jsfiddle.net/judearasu/rF8G6/

Cascading Combo box HTML

I am not really a web person and am having trouble creating a cascading combo box. I have my options, but when I cannot figure out how to do a JavaScript command to switch the second box depending on the first box's selection.
These are my first set of options:
<select id="searchType" onchange="selectedOption(this)">
<option value="sessions">Sessions</option>
<option value="files">Files</option>
<option value="clients">Clients</option>
</select>
Depending on what they click there I would like to show these set of options:
SESSIONS
<select id="secondOptions">
<option value="conf">Config ID</option>
<option value="length">Length</option>
<option value="date">Date</option>
</select>
FILES
<select id="secondOptions">
<option value="id">File ID</option>
<option value="length">Length</option>
<option value="sent">Sent</option>
<option value="sessionId">Session ID</option>
</select>
CLIENTS
<select id="secondOptions">
<option value="name">Client Name</option>
<option value="organization">Organization</option>
<option value="specialty">Specialty</option>
<option value="sessionId">Session ID</option>
</select>
And finally a textbox to type into to really specify the search.
Once again, I am trying to do this using JavaScript, but if there is a better way to do this let me know please.

Given the amended html mark-up:
<form action="#" method="post">
<select id="searchType">
<option value="sessions">Sessions</option>
<option value="files">Files</option>
<option value="clients">Clients</option>
</select>
<select id="sessions">
<option value="conf">Config ID</option>
<option value="length">Length</option>
<option value="date">Date</option>
</select>
<select id="files">
<option value="id">File ID</option>
<option value="length">Length</option>
<option value="sent">Sent</option>
<option value="sessionId">Session ID</option>
</select>
<select id="clients">
<option value="name">Client Name</option>
<option value="organization">Organization</option>
<option value="specialty">Specialty</option>
<option value="sessionId">Session ID</option>
</select>
<fieldset id="textAreaSearchBox">
<legend>Search:</legend>
<textarea></textarea>
</fieldset>
</form>
(Note the changed ids, wrapping the form elements in a form, the addition of a fieldset, legend and textarea in the mark-up), the following JavaScript seems to work:
var select1 = document.getElementById('searchType');
var selects = document.getElementsByTagName('select');
select1.onchange = function() {
var select2 = this.value.toLowerCase();
for (i = 0; i < selects.length; i++) {
if (selects[i].id != this.id) {
selects[i].style.display = 'none';
}
}
document.getElementById(select2).style.display = 'block';
document.getElementById('textAreaSearchBox').style.display = 'block';
};
JS Fiddle demo.