Change the default item in a select list. 1

[LeonAtRC]

Here's the code:

<SELECT NAME="theSplit">
    <OPTION VALUE="Split1">5k</OPTION>
    <OPTION VALUE="Split2">10k</OPTION>
    <OPTION VALUE="Split3">10 Mile</OPTION>
    <OPTION VALUE="theFinish">Finish</OPTION>
</SELECT>

I'm not concerned which item shows when the page is first loaded, although it is always "5k".
But, then I would like the default item to always be the last item that was selected.

Is this possible?

 

[trollacious]

Selected from where or when? Do you mean if the page is refreshed?

Lee

 

[LeonAtRC]

Sorry, I should have been clear.
The code is in a frameset and the frame doesn't get refreshed.
Only the target frame, where the list appears, changes. So I need to have the drop down list always indicating what option the list is generated from.
If you go here:

http://runraceresults.com/liveraceresults/

and click on the "Leader Board" button you'll see what I'm trying to accomplish.
Thanks for you help.
Leon

 

[Vragabond]

What you want is the inherent behaviour of the select box control. After you select something, that will stay selected unless:
a) you select something else;
b) you refresh the page;

You're doing b) in this line

parent.SearchWindow.location = "RaceSelector.htm";

of the script in your actual results page. Why you have it there, I don't know, but you should definitely remove it and see how things work the way you want them to.

 

[LeonAtRC]

Thanks Vragabond, that works.
I thought I had commented out that line with <!-- --> but apparently it was still being read.

 

[Vragabond]

The comment you were using is an html comment. It makes parts of html not display. However, when you output a <script> tag, you move out of html into whatever language the type attribute of script refers to. You were inside javascript just then, where single line comments are done with [tt]//[/tt] and multiline comments by [tt]/* comment */[/tt].