Question on Select boxes

[Shreya Menon]

I have a form with select boxes

<select name="mine" size="10">
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="6">6</option>
<option value="8">8</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
</select>

Now, I want to update the values selected using javascript. How can I do this ? any sample codes appreciated.

Will it be a good idea to add an extra textbox ? Can I make this selectbox[listbox] updatable. Any ideas apprecaited .

Thanks

[Pavan Keely]

Shreya,

I am not sure what you are trying to do.

Now, I want to update the values selected using javascript. How can I do this ? any sample codes appreciated.

What do you want to update ? You can add new options and delete the options dynamically to/from a select box.

Pavan Keely

[Shreya Menon]

Pavan,

From my JSP I get th values from the database in this listbox. Now the users should have the ability to "update" the values in this listbox if they want. So ideally they should be able to click on the options in selectbox and edit it.

Any ways this is possible ?

Thanks

[Yuriy Fuksenko]

it is fully depends on what you ready to compromise.

1. you use select, and when user clicks on it, you display a popup div with edit element, allowing user to enter the value. When div looses focus, you hide it and chnage the text of the option.

2. you don't use select, but use a div instead to mimic select functionality + little extra, like editing. example:
http://www.devsoftware.com/dhtmlTest/select.html

[Shreya Menon]

Yuriy,

can you give me an example for the first option you said.

Thanks