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Posted by the red dot on 03/05/07 10:39
"J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> wrote in message
news:5528qpF22eoo4U1@mid.individual.net...
> the red dot wrote:
> > "Adrienne Boswell" <arbpen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:Xns98E9CB0427D47arbpenyahoocom@69.28.186.121...
> >> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "the red dot" <red@dot.spot>
> >> writing in news:yJCdncQCD-_83nbYRVnytAA@eclipse.net.uk:
> >>
> >>> "Adrienne Boswell" <arbpen@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> >>> news:Xns98E98C758EC32arbpenyahoocom@69.28.186.121...
> >>>> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "the red dot" <red@dot.spot>
> >>>> writing in news:SoWdnZ3qus8etnbYnZ2dnUVZ8s-qnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk:
> >>>>
> >>>>> this is driving me crazy but i am trying to find some examples of a
> >>>> drop
> >>>>> down selection box with a go button that doesnt use javascript...
> >>>>> is
> >>>> this
> >>>>> possible or am i barking up a very wrong tree?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>> What's wrong with plain links? What about users without javascript
> >>>> (Google comes to mind)? How about:
> >>>>
> >>> im attempting to find a way to do it without javascript
> >>> plain links will mess up design/layout especially as the film titles
> >>> are a bit long in some case so if a user increases the font size too
> >>> much the whole thing will go mad
> >> Yup, I see what you mean. Can you do it server side, and not be
> >> dependent on js at all?
> >>
> >> <form method="post" action="<?php_self?>"
> >> <fieldset>
> >> <legend>Choose a Film</legend>
> >> <label for="film">Title: </label>
> >> <select name="film" id="film" onchange="this.form.submit();">
> >> <option value="#"></option>
> >> <option value="#">Fighting the Taliban</option>
> >> <option value="#">Meeting the Taliban</option>
> >> <option value="php/afghan.php">Afghan Ladies' Driving School</option>
> >> </select>
> >> <input type="submit" "value="GO" />
> >> </fieldset>
> >> </form>
> >>
> >> This will work for js browsers and non-jsbrowsers. Just put a little
> >> php at the top looking for what the script submitted, and redirect from
> >> there.
> >>
> >>
> > ahh i seem to remember seeing that on my google travels but couldnt
quite
> > get my head around it, is it possible for you to post the link (if you
have
> > it) so i can go and have another (deeper) investigation, what do you
mean by
> > put a little php at the top? as usual the more i know the less i seem to
> > understand.
>
> You must use a redirect page specially if you want to use anchors in the
same
> page.
>
> In your html pages:
>
> <form method="post" action="redirect.php"
> <fieldset>
> <legend>Choose a Film</legend>
> <label for="film">Title: </label>
> <select name="film" id="film" onchange="this.form.submit();">
> <option value="#"></option>
> <option value="#">Fighting the Taliban</option>
> <option value="#">Meeting the Taliban</option>
> <option value="php/afghan.php">Afghan Ladies' Driving School</option>
> </select>
> <noscript><input type="submit" "value="GO" /></noscript>
> </fieldset>
> </form>
>
> I assume the "this.form.submit()" works when the javascript is enabled,
then
> in theory you wouldn't need the submit button, so set it inside noscript
tags
> that should enable the button for none javascripters (may not work n old
> browsers like mosaic).
>
>
> --- redirect.php ---
> <?PHP
> switch($_REQUEST['film']) {
> case 'taliban':
> header('Location: http://www.example.net/pagename.html');
> exit;
> case 'driver':
> header('Location: http://www.example.net/afghan.html');
> exit;
> case '#hello':
> /* not sure if this works */
> header('Location: http://www.example.net/afghan.html#hello');
> exit;
> default:
> header('Location: http://www.example.net');
> exit;
> }
> ?>
> --- eof ---
>
> Using a redirect script makes you need only one server side script instead
of
> making all your pages to server side scripts.
>
> --
>
crikey, cheers mate, i'll have a look at this properly later...
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