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.
Related
Here is a dropdown menu of a website
<select name="ctl00$ddlWersjeJezykowe" onchange="javascript:setTimeout('__doPostBack(\'ctl00$ddlWersjeJezykowe\',\'\')', 0)" id="ddlWersjeJezykowe" style="width:100px;margin-right: 10px;">
<option selected="selected" value="1">Polska</option>
<option value="2">English</option>
<option value="17">Русская</option>
<option value="19">Українська</option>
<option value="20">Deutsch</option>
<option value="21">Français</option>
<option value="22">Español</option>
<option value="24">Português</option>
<option value="25">Türk</option>
</select>
I want to change the language to English through browser console. I tried this on my console
document.getElementById("ddlWersjeJezykowe").value="2";
It only selects English but doesn't change the language. How can i change the language to English through my browser console?
Changing the value programmatically doesn't fire the onchange event, so you have to call setTimeout('__doPostBack(\'ctl00$ddlWersjeJezykowe\',\'\')', 0) too.
Alternatively, you can call document.getElementById("ddlWersjeJezykowe").onchange()
This is will get the selected value from select dropdown
<select id="language" style="width:100px;margin-right: 10px;">
<option selected="selected" value="1">Polska</option>
<option value="2">English</option>
<option value="17">Русская</option>
<option value="19">Українська</option>
<option value="20">Deutsch</option>
<option value="21">Français</option>
<option value="22">Español</option>
<option value="24">Português</option>
<option value="25">Türk</option>
</select>
function GetValue() {
var e = document.getElementById("language");
var result = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
document.getElementById("result").innerHTML = result;
}
<button type="button" onclick="GetValue()">Get Selected Value</button>
<div id="result"></div>
I'm setting up a new form on my site, and I'm using some code I found here (Vehicle drop down selector). However, I'm using this code within a form, and once the form is submitted, the values for make/model aren't changed to their respective names, instead showing their form values. Being a complete JS noob, how would I go about changing the values submitted from values to make/model names?
$(document).ready(function() {
var $make = $('#make'),
$model = $('#model'),
$options = $model.find('option');
$make.on('change', function() {
$model.html($options.filter('[value="' + this.value + '"]'));
$model.trigger('change');
}).trigger('change');
var $model = $('#model'),
$year = $('#year'),
$yearOptions = $year.find('option');
$model.on('change', function() {
$year.html($yearOptions.filter('[value="' + this.value + '"]'));
$year.trigger('change');
}).trigger('change');
var $year = $('#year'),
$identifier = $('#identifier'),
$identifierOptions = $identifier.find('option');
$year.on('change', function() {
var filteredIdetifiers = $identifierOptions.filter('[value="' + this.value + '"]');
debugger
if (!($("#make").val() == 3 && $("#model option:selected").text() == 'Falcon')) {
filteredIdetifiers = filteredIdetifiers.filter(function(i, e) {
return e.value !== '3'
});
}
$identifier.html(filteredIdetifiers);
$identifier.trigger('change');
}).trigger('change');
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<!-- Vehicle Brand Selector List -->
<select name="make" id="make">
<option value="0">Make</option>
<option value="1">BMW</option>
<option value="2">Daewoo</option>
<option value="3">Ford</option>
<option value="4">Holden</option>
<option value="5">Honda</option>
<option value="6">Hyundai</option>
<option value="7">Isuzu</option>
<option value="8">Kia</option>
<option value="9">Lexus</option>
<option value="10">Mazda</option>
<option value="11">Mitsubishi</option>
<option value="12">Nissan</option>
<option value="13">Peugeot</option>
<option value="14">Subaru</option>
<option value="15">Suzuki</option>
<option value="16">Toyota</option>
<option value="17">Volkswagen</option>
</select>
<!-- Vehicle Model List -->
<select name="model" id="model">
<option value="0">Model</option>
<option class="318i" value="1">318i</option>
<option class="lanos" value="2">Lanos</option>
<option class="courier" value="3">Courier</option>
<option class="falcon" value="3">Falcon</option>
<option class="festiva" value="3">Festiva</option>
<option class="fiesta" value="3">Fiesta</option>
<option class="focus" value="3">Focus</option>
<option class="laser" value="3">Laser</option>
<option class="ranger" value="3">Ranger</option>
<option class="territory" value="3">Territory</option>
<option class="astra" value="4">Astra</option>
<option class="barina" value="4">Barina</option>
<option class="captiva" value="4">Captiva</option>
<option class="colorado" value="4">Colorado</option>
<option class="commodore" value="4">Commodore</option>
<option class="cruze" value="4">Cruze</option>
<option class="rodeo" value="4">Rodeo</option>
<option class="viva" value="4">Viva</option>
</select>
<!-- Vehicle Year List -->
<select name="year" id="year">
<option value="0">Year</option>
<option value="1">1998</option>
<option value="1">1999</option>
<option value="1">2000</option>
<option value="1">2001</option>
<option value="1">2002</option>
<option value="1">2003</option>
<option value="1">2004</option>
<option value="1">2005</option>
<option value="2">1997</option>
<option value="2">1998</option>
<option value="2">1999</option>
<option value="2">2000</option>
<option value="2">2001</option>
<option value="2">2002</option>
<option value="2">2003</option>
<option value="3">1991-1999</option>
<option value="4">1997-2007</option>
<option value="5">1997-2007</option>
<option value="3">2002</option>
<option value="3">2003</option>
<option value="3">2004</option>
<option value="3">2005</option>
<option value="4">1997-2005</option>
<option value="4">1997-2005</option>
<option value="4">1997-2005</option>
<option value="4">1997-2005</option>
<option value="4">1997-2005</option>
<option value="4">1997-2005</option>
<option value="4">1997-2005</option>
<option value="4">1997-2005</option>
</select>
<!-- Vehicle Identity List -->
<select name="identifier" id="identifier">
<option value="0">Type</option>
<option class="E46" value="1">E46</option>
<option class="1997-2003" value="2">N/A</option>
<option class="1997-2007" value="4">N/A</option>
<option class="1997-2007" value="5">N/A</option>
<option class="5041618" value="3">BA</option>
<option class="1997-2005" value="3">AU</option>
<option class="1997-2005" value="3">AU2</option>
<option class="1997-2005" value="4">N/A</option>
<option class="1997-2005" value="4">1997-2005</option>
<option class="1997-2005" value="4">1997-2005</option>
<option class="1997-2005" value="4">1997-2005</option>
<option class="1997-2005" value="4">1997-2005</option>
<option class="1997-2005" value="4">1997-2005</option>
</select>
In every <option> tag there is an attribute called value. This value attribute is what is returned at as the value of the dropdown when that option is selected. Seems like in the code you found they are all simply set to numbers. You can set them to be whatever you want though:
<option value="Ford">Ford</option>
<option class="focus" value="Focus">Focus</option>
FIXING DYNAMIC OPTIONS
I see that modifying the values directly affect how the dynamic options are displayed. For example the value attribute of the car model dropdown is used to filter the car make dropdown by only displaying options with the same value. Instead of using the model dropdown's value attributes to compare with make, we can add a new data- attribute called data-make and filter the model dropdown based on that instead. This allows you to freely modify the value attribute in model. The example code below shows this. You would need to modify your JS so model affects year, and year affects identifier in the same way.
$(document).ready(function() {
var $make = $('#make'),
$model = $('#model'),
$options = $model.find('option');
$make.on('change', function() {
// We now filter model using the data-make attribute, not value
$model.html($options.filter('[data-make="' + this.value + '"]'));
$model.trigger('change');
}).trigger('change');
$('#carForm').submit(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
let formData = $(this).serializeArray();
let data = {};
for (let i = 0; i < formData.length; i++) {
data[formData[i].name] = formData[i].value;
}
alert('Make: ' + data.make + '\nModel: ' + data.model);
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form id="carForm">
<select name="make" id="make">
<option value="0">Make</option>
<option value="BMW">BMW</option> <!-- These values are now make names -->
<option value="Daewoo">Daewoo</option>
<option value="Ford">Ford</option>
</select>
<!-- Vehicle Model List -->
<!-- Notice the new "data-make" attributes for each -->
<select name="model" id="model">
<option value="0">Model</option>
<option class="318i" value="318i" data-make="BMW">318i</option>
<option class="lanos" value="Lanos" data-make="Daewoo">Lanos</option>
<option class="courier" value="Courier" data-make="Ford">Courier</option>
<option class="falcon" value="Falcon" data-make="Ford">Falcon</option>
<option class="festiva" value="Festiva" data-make="Ford">Festiva</option>
<option class="fiesta" value="Fiesta" data-make="Ford">Fiesta</option>
<option class="focus" value="Focus" data-make="Ford">Focus</option>
</select>
<button type="submit">Submit</button>
</form>
You can get the selected option text like this.
$('#form').submit(function(e) {
e.preventDefault();
var make = $make.find(':selected').text();
}
But it would be good practice to set the value you expect to return as the option value and use a data attribute or class to handle the filtering logic.
I have a select box where one particular value is selected another field shows up.
I have no knowledge of javascript and have taken this code from somewhere.
I have this javascript in multiple places in the same form. But, my script works only on one input. If I select another from another select box, the value of previous input closes, the thing which I don't want. This will be well understood if you see the code.
The link where you can check the issue:
jsfiddle
Javascript:
function checkvalue(val) {
if (val === "NewSale")
document.getElementById('actualamt').style.display = 'block';
else
document.getElementById('actualamt').style.display = 'none';
if (val === "SchoolWearAccessories")
document.getElementById('schoolwear').style.display = 'block';
else
document.getElementById('schoolwear').style.display = 'none';
}
<form>
Product Category:
<select name="category" required onchange='checkvalue(this.value)'>
<option value="">Select Product Category</option>
<option value="School Uniforms">School Uniforms</option>
<option value="SchoolWearAccessories">School Wear Accessories</option>
<option value="Hospital Uniforms">Hospital Uniforms</option>
<option value="Corporate Uniforms">Corporate Uniforms</option>
<option value="Industrial Uniforms">Industrial Uniforms</option>
</select>
<div id="schoolwear" style="display:none;">
Sub Category:
<select name="subcategory">
<option value="">Select Product Category</option>
<option value="Uniform Sweaters">Uniform Sweaters</option>
<option value="School Belts">School Belts</option>
<option value="School Ties">School Ties</option>
<option value="Uniform Socks and Shoes">Uniform Socks and Shoes</option>
<option value="School Caps">School Caps</option>
<option value="School Bags">School Bags</option>
</select>
</div>
Tag:
<select name="producttag" onchange='checkvalue(this.value)'>
<option value="">None</option>
<option value="New">New</option>
<option value="Sale">Sale</option>
<option value="NewSale">New and Sale</option>
</select>
<div id="actualamt" style="display:none;">
Actual Amount:
<input type="number" name="actualamt" step="any" />
</div>
</form>
Help will be appreciated.
You should have different functions for each select onchange events.
I have renamed the function to checkvalueProductTag() and checkvalueCategory()
function checkvalueProductTag(val) {
if(val==="NewSale")
document.getElementById('actualamt').style.display='block';
else
document.getElementById('actualamt').style.display='none';
}
function checkvalueCategory(val){
if(val==="SchoolWearAccessories")
document.getElementById('schoolwear').style.display='block';
else
document.getElementById('schoolwear').style.display='none';
}
Check the updated fiddle
https://jsfiddle.net/6hheckao/1/
If you want both of them to be displayed on selection then simply use two different onchange functions like this
function checkvalue(val) {
if (val === "SchoolWearAccessories")
document.getElementById('schoolwear').style.display = 'block';
else
document.getElementById('schoolwear').style.display = 'none';
}
function checkvalue1(val) {
if (val === "NewSale")
document.getElementById('actualamt').style.display = 'block';
else
document.getElementById('actualamt').style.display = 'none';
}
<form>
Product Category:
<select name="category" required onchange='checkvalue(this.value)'>
<option value="">Select Product Category</option>
<option value="School Uniforms">School Uniforms</option>
<option value="SchoolWearAccessories">School Wear Accessories</option>
<option value="Hospital Uniforms">Hospital Uniforms</option>
<option value="Corporate Uniforms">Corporate Uniforms</option>
<option value="Industrial Uniforms">Industrial Uniforms</option>
</select>
<div id="schoolwear" style="display:none;">
Sub Category:
<select name="subcategory">
<option value="">Select Product Category</option>
<option value="Uniform Sweaters">Uniform Sweaters</option>
<option value="School Belts">School Belts</option>
<option value="School Ties">School Ties</option>
<option value="Uniform Socks and Shoes">Uniform Socks and Shoes</option>
<option value="School Caps">School Caps</option>
<option value="School Bags">School Bags</option>
</select>
</div>
Tag:
<select name="producttag" onchange='checkvalue1(this.value)'>
<option value="">None</option>
<option value="New">New</option>
<option value="Sale">Sale</option>
<option value="NewSale">New and Sale</option>
</select>
<div id="actualamt" style="display:none;">
Actual Amount:
<input type="number" name="actualamt" step="any" />
</div>
</form>
I want to get the <option> values and text from a <select> element #myselect, and add it to another <select> element #newselect. The value and text passed to the second select element, #newselect, must also be disabled. I'd like support for IE 8+.
<select id="myselect">
<option value="1">Red</option>
<option value="2">Orange</option>
<option value="3">Yellow</option>
</select>
Take the above, disable them and add them to the below:
<select id="newselect">
<option value="1">Green</option>
<option value="2">Blue</option>
<option disabled value="1">Red</option>
<option disabled value="2">Orange</option>
<option disabled value="3">Yellow</option>
</select>
Since you included the jQuery tag, here's a jQuery solution.
As long as you're using jQuery 1.x, IE8 support is included.
$('#myselect option').each(
function() {
$(this).prop('disabled', true).appendTo('#newselect');
}
);
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id="myselect">
<option value="1">Red</option>
<option value="2">Orange</option>
<option value="3">Yellow</option>
</select>
<select id="newselect">
<option value="1">Green</option>
<option value="2">Blue</option>
</select>
You already have jQuery answer. So now if you are curious how it can be in pure javascript, here it is. As you can see, it's a little more verbose of course:
var mySelect = document.getElementById('myselect'),
newSelect = document.getElementById('newselect');
while (mySelect.options.length) {
mySelect.options[0].disabled = true;
newSelect.add(mySelect.options[0]);
}
<select id="myselect">
<option value="1">Red</option>
<option value="2">Orange</option>
<option value="3">Yellow</option>
</select>
<select id="newselect">
<option value="1">Green</option>
<option value="2">Blue</option>
</select>
I have some code that has one contact select box hard coded and then if you click on a add button it adds more contacts. Each contact can be selected from a dropdown and give a location in at location text box.
I want on submit to be able to know if they have selected someone and if not I want to clear out the Location box as there cannot be a location if there is no contact.
<!--- The myContactCount variable is set in another part of javascript this is the current count plus one of the number of current select boxes. --->
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
var e='';
var contactSelectedValue='';
for(var i=1;1<myContactCount;i++){
e = document.getElementById('myContactID_'+i);
contactSelectedValue = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
/* I am trying to alert the value so I can then use a if statement to check for null or even change the 'Select a Contact' value to 0 and test for that. */
alert(contactSelectedValue);
}
</script>
<!--- the ID will be 1-100 depending on how many contacts they have added --->
<select name="myContactID_#ID#">
<option value="">Select a Contact</option>
<option value="1">Abe</option>
<option value="2">Barbara</option>
<option value="3">Cavlin</option>
</select>
So after they are created dynamically they code would look like this.
<select name="myContactID_1">
<option value="">Select a Contact</option>
<option value="1">Abe</option>
<option value="2">Barbara</option>
<option value="3" selected="selected">Cavlin</option>
</select>
<select name="myContactID_2">
<option value="">Select a Contact</option>
<option value="1">Abe</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">Barbara</option>
<option value="3">Cavlin</option>
</select>
<select name="myContactID_3">
<option value="">Select a Contact</option>
<option value="1" selected="selected">Abe</option>
<option value="2">Barbara</option>
<option value="3">Cavlin</option>
</select>
Your script has couple of issues:-
1<myContactCount instead of i<=myContactCount and you are using name in the select and
trying to fetch it by id.
Demo
Html
<select id="myContactID_1">
<option value="">Select a Contact</option>
<option value="1">Abe</option>
<option value="2">Barbara</option>
<option value="3" selected="selected">Cavlin</option>
</select>
<select id="myContactID_2">
<option value="">Select a Contact</option>
<option value="1">Abe</option>
<option value="2" selected="selected">Barbara</option>
<option value="3">Cavlin</option>
</select>
<select id="myContactID_3">
<option value="">Select a Contact</option>
<option value="1" selected="selected">Abe</option>
<option value="2">Barbara</option>
<option value="3">Cavlin</option>
</select>
JS
var e='';
var contactSelectedValue='';
for(var i=1;i<=3;i++){
e = document.getElementById('myContactID_'+i);
contactSelectedValue = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
/* I am trying to alert the value so I can then use a if statement to check for null or even change the 'Select a Contact' value to 0 and test for that. */
alert(contactSelectedValue);
}