Posted by SterLo on 05/24/07 05:25

On May 23, 9:06 pm, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> SterLo wrote:
> > On May 23, 7:48 am, SterLo <sterling.hamil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Sweet - how do I get it to run automatically after the page has
> >> loaded?
> >> I can't create an object in the header and then call it so I need to
> >> call that line of javascript right after the page is done.
> >> Any suggestions?
>
> >> On May 22, 12:38 pm, Philipp Grassl <p.gra...@gmx.at> wrote:
>
> >>> 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?
>
> > Well here is the actual issue.
> > I used the code you gave at the bottom of the document as follows:
> >
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > document.getElementsByName('tt_ticketstatusid')[0].selectedIndex=1;
> > </script>
> >
> > I figured that would work...But it didn't.
> > So I created a test drop down right above it with a different name to
> > see if the code was indeed correct -
> > and it worked fine with a drop down box that I generated. But for some
> > reasons it's not working with the one I want it to.
> >
> > This might have something to do with the fact that they are using AJAX
> > - and here's why I think that.
> > The page loads and runs the javascript - but the javascript doesn't
> > see the element because the element doesn't exist because I havn't
> > click the tab that will make the element exist.
> >
> > So now I have to figure out how to generate the javscript when the tab
> > is selected...
> >
> >
>
> (Top posting fixed)
>
> Might I recommend you take this to a javascript newsgroup such as
> comp.lang.javascript?
>
> And might I also recommend you not top post?
>
> --
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> Remove the "x" from my email address
> Jerry Stuckle
> JDS Computer Training Corp.
> jstuck...@attglobal.net
> ==================

I posted here looking for either a PHP, AJAX or Javascript solution.
Thankfully people here know quite a bit about all of them and are kind
enough to enlighten me with their ideas for solving the problem given.

I top post when appropriate.
But in this case - how the heck did I top post?

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