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  • Ike
    #1

    on submit, select all

    I have a form I am Posting. On that form, I have a selection list,
    selectedList... .wherein I want to make all the items that are within that
    lest be selected, automatically, when the submit button is hit.

    Is there a way to do this? Thanks, Ike


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    • kaeli
      #2
      Re: on submit, select all

      In article <kkhIb.15372$IM 3.13677@newsrea d3.news.atl.ear thlink.net>,
      rxv@hotmail.com enlightened us with...[color=blue]
      > I have a form I am Posting. On that form, I have a selection list,
      > selectedList... .wherein I want to make all the items that are within that
      > lest be selected, automatically, when the submit button is hit.
      >
      > Is there a way to do this? Thanks, Ike[/color]

      Um, why?
      Rather defeats the purpose.

      Can you do it? Yeah. Should you? Probably not. You probably want another
      type of control.

      --
      --
      ~kaeli~
      Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.
      http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart

      http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace


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        • Lee
          #3
          Re: on submit, select all

          Ike said:[color=blue]
          >
          >I have a form I am Posting. On that form, I have a selection list,
          >selectedList.. ..wherein I want to make all the items that are within that
          >lest be selected, automatically, when the submit button is hit.
          >
          >Is there a way to do this? Thanks, Ike[/color]

          Yes, provided that you also allow the user to select as many
          items as they like, but it's a bad idea. It means that your
          server-side code won't receive data that it needs if the user
          has disabled JavaScript.

          List all of the available options in a hidden form field or
          hard-code them into the server-side script, or write them down
          and tape the list to your monitor, depending on how you're
          processing the form data.

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            • Ike
              #4
              Re: on submit, select all

              Its a drag and drop control. Elements are dragged into or out of it. I want
              to select it all before submit is hit.

              Thanks for the advice on condoms too, I never thought of that. Ike

              "kaeli" <tiny_one@NOSPA M.comcast.net> wrote in message
              news:MPG.1a5b67 efd6d845e989a54 @nntp.lucent.co m...[color=blue]
              > In article <kkhIb.15372$IM 3.13677@newsrea d3.news.atl.ear thlink.net>,
              > rxv@hotmail.com enlightened us with...[color=green]
              > > I have a form I am Posting. On that form, I have a selection list,
              > > selectedList... .wherein I want to make all the items that are within[/color][/color]
              that[color=blue][color=green]
              > > lest be selected, automatically, when the submit button is hit.
              > >
              > > Is there a way to do this? Thanks, Ike[/color]
              >
              > Um, why?
              > Rather defeats the purpose.
              >
              > Can you do it? Yeah. Should you? Probably not. You probably want another
              > type of control.
              >
              > --
              > --
              > ~kaeli~
              > Condoms should be used on every conceivable occasion.
              > http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart
              > http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace
              >[/color]


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                • McKirahan
                  #5
                  Re: on submit, select all

                  "Ike" <rxv@hotmail.co m> wrote in message
                  news:kkhIb.1537 2$IM3.13677@new sread3.news.atl .earthlink.net. ..[color=blue]
                  > I have a form I am Posting. On that form, I have a selection list,
                  > selectedList... .wherein I want to make all the items that are within that
                  > lest be selected, automatically, when the submit button is hit.
                  >
                  > Is there a way to do this? Thanks, Ike[/color]


                  Perhaps this?


                  <html>
                  <head>
                  <title>selected .htm</title>
                  <script language="javas cript" type="text/javascript">
                  <!--
                  function selectList() {
                  var form = document.forms[0];
                  for (var i=0; i<form.selected List.length; i++) {
                  form.selectedLi st.options[i].selected = true;
                  }
                  return false;
                  }
                  // -->
                  </script>
                  </head>
                  <body>
                  <form method="post" onsubmit="retur n selectList()">
                  <b>Numbers:</b>
                  <br>
                  <select name="selectedL ist" multiple size="4">
                  <option value="1">One
                  <option value="2">Two
                  <option value="3">Three
                  <option value="4">Four
                  </select>
                  <br><input type="submit" value="Submit">
                  <br><input type="reset" value="Clear">
                  </form>
                  </body>
                  </html>


                  1) Change "return false;" to "return true;" after testing.
                  2) Change or remove: size="4"


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                    • kaeli
                      #6
                      Re: on submit, select all

                      In article <H1iIb.15401$IM 3.6041@newsread 3.news.atl.eart hlink.net>,
                      rxv@hotmail.com enlightened us with...[color=blue]
                      > Its a drag and drop control. Elements are dragged into or out of it. I want
                      > to select it all before submit is hit.
                      >[/color]

                      Well, assuming the user has javascript enabled, which I assume they must
                      for the drag and drop to work, you can just make it a mutli-select and
                      then iterate through the options and set selected to true for each one.
                      You cannot do this before submit is hit - you do it in the onClick of
                      the submit button, before the event is propagated to the onSubmit
                      handler.

                      See McKirahan's reply.

                      --
                      --
                      ~kaeli~
                      The more ridiculous a belief system, the higher probability
                      of its success.
                      http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart

                      http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace


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                        • Ang Talunin
                          #7
                          Re: on submit, select all


                          "Ike" <rxv@hotmail.co m> schreef in bericht
                          news:kkhIb.1537 2$IM3.13677@new sread3.news.atl .earthlink.net. ..[color=blue]
                          > I have a form I am Posting. On that form, I have a selection list,
                          > selectedList... .wherein I want to make all the items that are within that
                          > lest be selected, automatically, when the submit button is hit.
                          >
                          > Is there a way to do this? Thanks, Ike[/color]

                          ok..
                          put this in the head:

                          </script>
                          function selectAll(row)
                          {
                          for (i = 0; i<row.options.l ength;i++)
                          {
                          row.options[i].selected=true;
                          }
                          }
                          </script>

                          and this in the submit button

                          <input type=submit.... .onClick="selec tAll(this.form. selectedList)">

                          that should do the trick (also)


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                            • Ike
                              #8
                              Re: on submit, select all

                              Oh yes....Iwas tring to do it onsubmit=...but s/b onClick=.... ty

                              "kaeli" <tiny_one@NOSPA M.comcast.net> wrote in message
                              news:MPG.1a5b7a 8f4a29d2ae989a5 6@nntp.lucent.c om...[color=blue]
                              > In article <H1iIb.15401$IM 3.6041@newsread 3.news.atl.eart hlink.net>,
                              > rxv@hotmail.com enlightened us with...[color=green]
                              > > Its a drag and drop control. Elements are dragged into or out of it. I[/color][/color]
                              want[color=blue][color=green]
                              > > to select it all before submit is hit.
                              > >[/color]
                              >
                              > Well, assuming the user has javascript enabled, which I assume they must
                              > for the drag and drop to work, you can just make it a mutli-select and
                              > then iterate through the options and set selected to true for each one.
                              > You cannot do this before submit is hit - you do it in the onClick of
                              > the submit button, before the event is propagated to the onSubmit
                              > handler.
                              >
                              > See McKirahan's reply.
                              >
                              > --
                              > --
                              > ~kaeli~
                              > The more ridiculous a belief system, the higher probability
                              > of its success.
                              > http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart
                              > http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace
                              >[/color]


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