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[eyetry]

I'm not a web designer and I'm trying to layout a sample html page.

I've defined an options list that displays properly. I want the selection to link to a new document without using a submit button. If this is possible, can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

<select name="DocumentList">
<option value="" selected="selected"></option>
<option href="path\doc1.pdf" target="doc1">Document1</option>
<option href="path\doc2.pdf" target="doc2">Document1</option>
</select>

 

[vacunita]

First the <option> tags of a select element don't have href attributes.

You need Javascript to have the select box automatically submit, without a submit button.

Try something like this:

<select name="DocumentList" onChange="window.open(this.value,'mywindow');">
    <option value="" selected="selected"></option>
    <option value="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.google.com">Document1</option>[/URL]
    <option value="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.yahoo.com">Document2</option>[/URL]
</select>

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[johnwm]

Any particular reason you're using a <select> rather than just a <ul> ?

<ul>
    <li><a href="path/doc1.pdf">Document1</a></li>
    <li><a href="path/doc2.pdf">Document2</a></li>
</ul>

Note solidus not backslash in file name!

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[eyetry]

No great reason. Initially I thought about <ul> but I want several lists on one page. Each of the lists could grow to a couple of dozen items. For example...

One list would cotain links to EDI-X12 standards (implementation guides) by version 4010 thru 5010. Another list might contain links to EDI-X12 code sets. Another might contain links to other categories.

My concern was ending up with a page that was fairly cluttered. I suppose I could try frames with an unordered list. I have a weak understanding of HTML and weaker one of java script. I wanted to KISS. This is really a proof of concept.

 

[vacunita]

You could use DIV's to make the lists scrollable. so you have a predefined number of options showing, and the rest are hidden until your scroll down.



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