scroll box focus

[steve farris]

I have a scroll box that allows multiple selections. Something like:

<select size=4 multiple name=xyz>

Now, when i show the form i default select one of the entries. If
the selected entry is further down the list it won't be seen by
the user. Is there a way i can make the selected entry appear
in the visible portion of the select box??

[Ivo]

Re: scroll box focus

"steve farris" <fm_duende@yaho o.com> wrote in message
news:dde3a846.0 403011118.65c72 c45@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> I have a scroll box that allows multiple selections. Something like:
>
> <select size=4 multiple name=xyz>
>
> Now, when i show the form i default select one of the entries. If
> the selected entry is further down the list it won't be seen by
> the user. Is there a way i can make the selected entry appear
> in the visible portion of the select box??[/color]

Do you pre-select, serverside or clientside? If done serverside, Mozilla
displays the selected fine, just as IE(5) even clientside. I did not get
Mozilla(1.0) to scroll down however, when I had a javascript select a bottom
option. Perhaps add some text in a div next to the select detailing how many
are currently selected (which is never visible so might be appreciated
anyway)

var howmanyselected =0;
var xyz=yourreferen ceto.xyz.option s;
for( i=xyz.length ; i-- ; )
if( xyz[i].selected )
howmanyselected ++;

var s=(howmanyselec ted==1) ? '' : 's' ;
referenceto.the div.firstChild. nodeValue=
'Currently '+howmanyselect ed+' item'+s+' selected.' ;