Posted by Philipp Grassl on 05/22/07 19:38

If you for example want to select the fourth option (here "Awaiting
Customer Response") you could do it with the JavaScript-line:

document.getElementsByName("tt_ticketstatusid")[0].selectedIndex=3;

SterLo schrieb:
> I was wondering if anyone had any good methods for this problem.
>
> I have a drop down box that is generated:
>
> Status: <select name="tt_ticketstatusid" class="swiftselect"><option
> value="1" style="" selected="selected">Open</option>
> <option value="2" style="">On Hold</option>
> <option value="3" style="">Closed</option>
> <option value="5" style="">Awaiting Customer Response</option>
> <option value="4" style="">Potentially Resolved</option>
> <option value="6" style="color: teal;">On Hold - potential future
> release</option>
> <option value="7" style="">Potentially Resolved, Next Release</option>
> <option value="9" style="">Fixed - Next Release</option>
> <option value="10" style="">Internal Change</option>
> </select>
>
> The website I am doing this with is pretty complicated and has AJAX
> and PHP OOP running everywhere.
>
> I need to have the drop down box automatically select the value 5 - I
> have already located the event where I want this to take place - but I
> am not sure how I would go about making a drop down box select an
> option after it has been written to the page.
>
> Maybe with Javascript?
>

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