activating text boxes

[tolkienarda]

hi all
i have an order form and some select boxes with 'other' options and i would like to have a text box for them to write what the 'other' is but i want it to only be visiable or active if someone selects the 'other' option from the drop down box.
if someone could help me i would appreciate it

eric

[mrhoo]

When I have an 'other' in a select element I park an input type=text next to it,
and make its display "none' and it's size the length of the longest option text.
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If the selected text is 'other' ,the select display is changed to "none" and the text input display to "inline".

listen for the enter key on keypress or a blur from the textbox and

validate and clear the input, add a new option and value (if valid) to the top of the select, swap the display, set the selectedIndex to 0 and run the select's onchange.

A simpler method is to leave the input beside the select but visibility hidden
unless other is selected, and run the onchange directly from the text box's onchange event.

[tolkienarda]

thanks a million

eric