Dropdown Menus staying selected

[Mark2K]

Hi,

I have a web page that uses a dropdown menu to allow the user to select some pre-defined views for a database.

My problem is, when I select a view, the page refreshes, shows what it is ment to, but the dropdown menu goes back to the first item.

Is there anyway to keep the dropdown menu on the view the user selected?

Many Thanks

Mark2k

 

[Tarwn]

I assume you are using some sort of server-side scripting, what you will want to do is check the form value as you write each option, and if the form value is equal to the value for the option your writing, add selected to it:

<option value=&quot;4&quot; selected> Four! </option>

If you specify the server-side language I might be able to provide a meaningful example (if needed).
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[Mark2K]

Hi Tarwn,

Thanks for your answer, I'm using PHP with the code for the menu in a seperate include file.

Mark2k