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Posted by Andy Jeffries on 05/04/06 11:13
On Wed, 03 May 2006 15:11:27 -0700, william.clarke@gmail.com wrote:
> Ajax would work fine for this, but why not reload the page (if you haven't
> used AJAX) and store any previous data entered and redisplay it when the
> second list is filled, that works fine and the user experience shouldn't
> be badly effected, unless you have a very large/complicated page.
Because AJAX really isn't that difficult for a competant programmer. Your
method should be used as a backup plan if AJAX isn't available
(feature-test for it and if it's available hide the button that submits
the form with the first drop down filled in).
Cheers,
Andy
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