JavaScript Development
 
Forums: » Register « |  User CP |  Games |  Calendar |  Members |  FAQs |  Sitemap |  Support | 
 
User Name:
Password:
Remember me
 
Go Back   Dev Articles Community ForumsProgrammingJavaScript Development

Reply
Add This Thread To:
  Del.icio.us   Digg   Google   Spurl   Blink   Furl   Simpy   Y! MyWeb 
Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
 
Unread Dev Articles Community Forums Sponsor:
Free Web 2.0 Code Generator! Generate data entry and reporting .NET Web apps in minutes. Quickly create visually stunning, feature-rich apps that are easy to customize and ready to deploy. Download Now!
  #1  
Old August 1st, 2003, 08:59 AM
EiSa EiSa is offline
Contributing User
Dev Articles Newbie (0 - 499 posts)
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Norway
Posts: 184 EiSa User rank is Just a Lowly Private (1 - 20 Reputation Level) 
Time spent in forums: 1 h 22 m 24 sec
Reputation Power: 6
Change form action

I have a search-form with this code:
PHP Code:
<form name="search" method="post" action="">
<
input type="text" name="searchText" style="width: 65px;">
<
a href="javascript:document.search.submit();"><img src="/layout/icons/search_button.gif" alt="Search" border="0" name="searchButton">
<
select name="SearchPage" class="grey" style="width: 102px;">
<
option value="/search/search_result.asp">Articles</option>
<
option value="/products/prod_search.asp">Products</option>
</
select></form

What I wan't is to change the form-action to the chosen value of the option-menu, but I don't know how to do this. Any idea?

Reply With Quote
  #2  
Old August 1st, 2003, 09:41 AM
dhouston's Avatar
dhouston dhouston is offline
Contributing User
Dev Articles Beginner (1000 - 1499 posts)
 
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 1,355 dhouston User rank is Just a Lowly Private (1 - 20 Reputation Level) 
Time spent in forums: < 1 sec
Reputation Power: 7
Send a message via ICQ to dhouston
It probably makes more sense to have your select box contain values that you test against server side, performing the appropriate search depending on which option was selected. There's probably a way to change the form action, but relying on javascript to do this clumsily seems to me like a bad option. You have more control server-side.

Reply With Quote
  #3  
Old August 1st, 2003, 03:09 PM
dfano dfano is offline
Always Learning (I Think)
Dev Articles Newbie (0 - 499 posts)
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: NYC Baby!!!!
Posts: 123 dfano User rank is Just a Lowly Private (1 - 20 Reputation Level) 
Time spent in forums: < 1 sec
Reputation Power: 6
Send a message via AIM to dfano Send a message via Yahoo to dfano
are you using PHP, ASP, CGI? either way you should be able to set that as a variable that ties to a drop menu . that might work, i think.
__________________
Dave
www.fs3d.com

Reply With Quote
  #4  
Old August 3rd, 2003, 07:53 PM
stumpy's Avatar
stumpy stumpy is offline
May contain nuts.
Dev Articles Regular (2000 - 2499 posts)
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Sydney, AU
Posts: 2,058 stumpy User rank is Just a Lowly Private (1 - 20 Reputation Level) 
Time spent in forums: 5 h 6 m 11 sec
Reputation Power: 8
Send a message via ICQ to stumpy Send a message via MSN to stumpy
To alter the form using JS, use the event handler called onChange in your select box
Code:
<selet name="drpHref" onChange="jumpTo()">
<option>...</option>
</select>
Your jumpTo() function will contain code which grabs the selected select box option (if u need a hand doing this let me know... it can be tricky).

The bit that actually changes the forms action is simply:
Code:
document.frmName.action = newValueHere
(this will be a line in your jumpTo() function.)

Reply With Quote
  #5  
Old August 4th, 2003, 02:52 AM
EiSa EiSa is offline
Contributing User
Dev Articles Newbie (0 - 499 posts)
 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Norway
Posts: 184 EiSa User rank is Just a Lowly Private (1 - 20 Reputation Level) 
Time spent in forums: 1 h 22 m 24 sec
Reputation Power: 6
Thank's for responding everybody. I'm using ASP.

Right now I'm using a Dreamweaver MX Javascript, it kind of work's, but it's not perfect (I think).

If someone have a example I will be glad.

Reply With Quote
  #6  
Old August 4th, 2003, 09:16 AM
stumpy's Avatar
stumpy stumpy is offline
May contain nuts.
Dev Articles Regular (2000 - 2499 posts)
 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Sydney, AU
Posts: 2,058 stumpy User rank is Just a Lowly Private (1 - 20 Reputation Level) 
Time spent in forums: 5 h 6 m 11 sec
Reputation Power: 8
Send a message via ICQ to stumpy Send a message via MSN to stumpy
Here's one way of doing it. The example here is not very re-usable, though it gives you a general idea of how it works. Also, they use a button to trigger the link, rather than using the onChange handler (which I prefer - but means a user must have JS enabled).

Reply With Quote
Reply

Viewing: Dev Articles Community ForumsProgrammingJavaScript Development > Change form action


Thread Tools  Search this Thread 
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes  Rate This Thread 
Rate This Thread:


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
View Your Warnings | New Posts | Latest News | Latest Threads | Shoutbox
Forum Jump

 Free IT White Papers!
 
Accelerating Trading Partner Performance
One in five. That's how many partner transactions have at least one error. That is an amazing statistic, particularly given the extraordinary leaps in innovation across the global supply chain during the past two decades. Download this white paper to learn more.

 
Competing on Analytics
This Tech Analysis is designed to help identify characteristics shared by analytics competitors, and includes information about 32 organizations that have made a commitment to quantitative, fact-based analysis.

 
Cost Effective Scaling with Virtualization and Coyote Point Systems
An overview of the industry trend toward virtualization, how server consolidation has increased the importance of application uptime and the steps being taken to integrate load balancing technology with virtualized servers.

 
Five Checkpoints to Implementing IP Telephony
Implementation planning for IP PBX software and IP telephony has become vital as businesses replace discontinued legacy PBX phone systems. This informative whitepaper outlines five &quot;checkpoints&quot; for any implementation plan that will help make IP communications a successful proposition.

 
Hosted Email Security: Staying Ahead of New Threats
In the last two years, email has become a fierce battleground between the nefarious forces of spam and malware, and the heroes of messaging protection. The spam volumes increased alarmingly every month, bringing clever new forms of phishing and virus propagation attacks.

 

Forums: » Register « |  User CP |  Games |  Calendar |  Members |  FAQs |  Sitemap |  Support | 
  
 

Iron Speed




© 2003-2008 by Developer Shed. All rights reserved. DS Cluster 6 hosted by Hostway