activeComboBox

Hello, I have to activate a combo box in a html form to load an array of
values within the combo. Is there an example somewhere?

TIA

carlo wrote:

Hello, I have to activate a combo box in a html form to load an array of
values within the combo. Is there an example somewhere?

There are no combo boxes in HTML. You mean a `select' element of size 1
which is displayed as a dropdown box in graphical user agents. You can
focus any form element with its focus() method. Besides, there are
plenty of postings in the newsgroup that describe how to add options to
a `select' element (as a Select or HTMLSelectElement object) and how to
remove them.


HTH

PointedEars

Hi Carlo

Don't you think of a <SELECT>-element?

Here's an example:

SELECT-element:
<SELECT ID="idSelect" SIZE="1" onChange="dostuff(this.value);"></SELECT>

Adding options:
function addOptions() {
var numberOfNewOptions = 10;
var getSelect = document.getElementById("idSelect");
for (var i = 0; i < numberOfNewOptions; i++) {
var option = new Option("This is option number " + i,i);
getSelect.options[getSelect.length] = option;
}
}

Removing options:
function removeOptions() {
var getSelect = document.getElementById("idSelect");
while (getSelect.options.length) {
getSelect.options[0] = null;
}
}

Best regards,

Jeppe Andersen