Kristine
Full Version: Help with Drop Down Menu
here's a thread that talks about using drop down boxes for archives. I'm not exactly sure that's what you are trying to do, but the syntax of what Loa did might help you
Kristine
Kristine
Whatever you put within the MTEntries container tags gets looped for each entry. Here is my code for a drop-down of monthly archives:
and
This solution uses the MTArchiveList container, and you can change "Monthly" to another archive type, such as "Individual."
CODE
<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
function jumpPage(newLoc){
newPage = newLoc.options[newLoc.selectedIndex].value;
if (newPage != ""){
window.location.href = newPage;
}
}
</script>
function jumpPage(newLoc){
newPage = newLoc.options[newLoc.selectedIndex].value;
if (newPage != ""){
window.location.href = newPage;
}
}
</script>
and
CODE
<form action="gotoLocation.cgi" method="get">
<select name="newLocation" onChange="jumpPage(this.form.newLocation)">
<option value="" selected>pick a month...
<MTArchiveList archive_type="Monthly">
<option value="<$MTArchiveLink$>"><$MTArchiveTitle lower_case="1"$>
</MTArchiveList>
</select>
<noscript>
<input type="submit" value="go!" class="plain">
</noscript>
</form>
<select name="newLocation" onChange="jumpPage(this.form.newLocation)">
<option value="" selected>pick a month...
<MTArchiveList archive_type="Monthly">
<option value="<$MTArchiveLink$>"><$MTArchiveTitle lower_case="1"$>
</MTArchiveList>
</select>
<noscript>
<input type="submit" value="go!" class="plain">
</noscript>
</form>
This solution uses the MTArchiveList container, and you can change "Monthly" to another archive type, such as "Individual."
Hello everyone i have a quick question,
what i am doing is using a javascript drop down menu for my old entries here is a copy of the script:
this is in the > tags:
and this is the code for the drop down menu:
it seems to work but what happens is that, that code creates a drop down menu for each entry. What i really want is just one drop down menu for all the entries, and when they are selected they open up a new window with a specified height and width.
can anyone help me pleaseeeeee
thanks in advance
abbie
what i am doing is using a javascript drop down menu for my old entries here is a copy of the script:
this is in the > tags:
CODE
<script language="javascript">
var win = null;
function NewWindow(mypage,myname,w,h,scroll){
LeftPosition = (screen.width) ? (screen.width-w)/2 : 0;
TopPosition = (screen.height) ? (screen.height-h)/2 : 0;
settings =
'height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+TopPosition+',left='+LeftPosition+',scrollbars='+scroll+',resizable'
win = window.open(mypage,myname,settings)
}
</script>
var win = null;
function NewWindow(mypage,myname,w,h,scroll){
LeftPosition = (screen.width) ? (screen.width-w)/2 : 0;
TopPosition = (screen.height) ? (screen.height-h)/2 : 0;
settings =
'height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+TopPosition+',left='+LeftPosition+',scrollbars='+scroll+',resizable'
win = window.open(mypage,myname,settings)
}
</script>
and this is the code for the drop down menu:
CODE
<form name="Archives">
<MTEntries category="cinema" lastn="50" offset="5">
<select name="archives" onChange="NewWindow('<$MTEntryLink archive_type='Individual'$>#<$MTEntryID pad="1"$>','main','300','450','yes');" class="compendiummenus">
<option value="#" selected>Previous Reviews</option>
<option value="#">-------</option>
<option value="<$MTEntryLink$>"><$MTEntryTitle$></option>
</MTEntries>
</select>
</form>
<MTEntries category="cinema" lastn="50" offset="5">
<select name="archives" onChange="NewWindow('<$MTEntryLink archive_type='Individual'$>#<$MTEntryID pad="1"$>','main','300','450','yes');" class="compendiummenus">
<option value="#" selected>Previous Reviews</option>
<option value="#">-------</option>
<option value="<$MTEntryLink$>"><$MTEntryTitle$></option>
</MTEntries>
</select>
</form>
it seems to work but what happens is that, that code creates a drop down menu for each entry. What i really want is just one drop down menu for all the entries, and when they are selected they open up a new window with a specified height and width.
can anyone help me pleaseeeeee
thanks in advance
abbie
I think you've got the right idea... you just need to change your code slightly... try this
CODE
<form name="Archives">
<select name="archives" onChange="NewWindow('<$MTEntryLink archive_type='Individual'$>#<$MTEntryID pad="1"$>','main','300','450','yes');" class="compendiummenus">
<option value="#" selected>Previous Reviews</option>
<option value="#">-------</option>
<MTEntries category="cinema" lastn="50" offset="5">
<option value="<$MTEntryLink$>"><$MTEntryTitle$></option>
</MTEntries>
</select>
</form>
<select name="archives" onChange="NewWindow('<$MTEntryLink archive_type='Individual'$>#<$MTEntryID pad="1"$>','main','300','450','yes');" class="compendiummenus">
<option value="#" selected>Previous Reviews</option>
<option value="#">-------</option>
<MTEntries category="cinema" lastn="50" offset="5">
<option value="<$MTEntryLink$>"><$MTEntryTitle$></option>
</MTEntries>
</select>
</form>
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