jump menu

I often use jump menus in my sites to save space if I need to list lots of
documents such as PDF files. I have noticed though that I can only open the
files in the main browser window and not as a blank page, so everytiem you
click on a selected document and then close it, the whole site closes too. I
put links on the documents so that people have a way to return to the site but
i know there should be a way to hard code the java script that controls the
jump menus. Does anyone out there know how to do this?

Please help, I have fiddled with the code but to no avail.

Karin form South Africa

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
<!--
function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
eval(targ+".location='"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value+"'");
if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;
}
//-->
</script>

<select name="menu1" onChange="MM_jumpMenu('parent',this,1)" width="200">
<option selected>Terranews 2002: from 1-16</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 01.pdf"
target="_blank">1) Composite
wall, 9m high</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 02.pdf"
target="_blank">2) Noise
barrier, 6m high</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 03.pdf"
target="_blank">3) Erosion
control on rivers</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 04.pdf"
target="_blank">4) Terraforce
diversion weir</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 05.pdf"
target="_blank">5) Compliance
with I.B.C. and U.B.C.</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 06.pdf"
target="_blank">6) Kinky
culvert</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 07.pdf"
target="_blank">7) Tygervalley
office park</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 08.pdf"
target="_blank">8) Composite
rock-face (domestic)</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 09.pdf"
target="_blank">9) Vertical
cladding (bridge abutment)</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 10.pdf"
target="_blank">10) Vertical
wall, 6m (domestic)</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 11.pdf"
target="_blank">11) Founded
in mud</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 12.pdf"
target="_blank">12) World
Summit (WSSD) in JHB</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 13.pdf"
target="_blank">13) C.M.A.
Premier Award 2002</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 14.pdf"
target="_blank">14) Water
features (landscaping)</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 15.pdf"
target="_blank">15) Vintage
Terraforce</option>
<option value="TERRANeWS 1 - 20/TERRANeWS 16.pdf"
target="_blank">16) Cost-effective
seating - Didata</option>
</select>

"fatpad" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

I often use jump menus in my sites to save space if I need to list lots of
documents such as PDF files. I have noticed though that I can only open
the
files in the main browser window and not as a blank page, so everytiem you
click on a selected document and then close it, the whole site closes too.
I
put links on the documents so that people have a way to return to the site
but
i know there should be a way to hard code the java script that controls
the
jump menus. Does anyone out there know how to do this?

Delete this code:

script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript"
!--
function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0

eval(targ+".location='"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value+"'");
if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;
}
//--
/script

Change this line:

select name="menu1" onChange="MM_jumpMenu('parent',this,1)" width="200"

To this:

<select name="menu1"
onChange="window.open(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)">


Gary

Thanks very much...I had no idea it would be such a small change......
Much appreciated.

Karin

"fatpad" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

Thanks very much...I had no idea it would be such a small change......
Much appreciated.

You're welcome.

Gary