Select option firing without a submit

nybz · Mar 19, 2004

I would like the user to 'drive' the next page load by selecting an option - without having to press a submit button. I think the 'onChange' attribute makes sense, but I don't know how to implement. The target is a Java servlet.

VBRookie · Mar 19, 2004

Try something like this. It will get the value from the drop-down and pass it to the next page for retrieval from the querystring. Its all Javascript.

Code:

<html><head>
	<title></title>
</head><body>

<script language="javascript">

function goToNextPage ()
{
	document.location.href = "theNextPage.asp?passedvalue=" + document.frmMain.lstOptions.value;
}
</script>

<form name="frmMain">

	<select id="lstOptions" onchange="goToNextPage ();">
		<option value="1">1</option>
		<option value="2">2</option>
	</select>

</form>

</body></html>

- VB Rookie

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Select option firing without a submit

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