Good grief! Thanks a lot!
-----Original Message----- From: Sam Thompson [mailto:decoder@;bandalize.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 1:06 AM To: ActiveServerPages Subject: Re: Reselecting all selected choices in a multiple <select> close the <option>. This works and the only difference is the closed <option> tag. <form> <select multiple size=5 name=a> <option value=1 selected>dog</option> <option value=2>cat</option> <option value=3 selected>fish</option> </select> </form> HTH Sam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicolas Verhaeghe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ActiveServerPages" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:40 PM Subject: Reselecting all selected choices in a multiple <select> > This is more an HTML question, but some of you might have the answer. > > I protect my forms client-side and also server-side. > > By client-side I mean a javascript checking for most of the forgotten > information, and server-side a more complex information verification > routine which displays the form again in case of an error, and with > error messages on top. > > The form shows the information which was previously entered, including > selecting the correct choices in my <select> inputs. > > In case of a multiple select, what I do is split the response string > for that variable, as multiple choices are returned in a > comma-separated string of multiple values. > > My problem is that only the first element in the array will be > selected: > > <select name="myVar" multiple size="3"> > <option value="1" selected>Choice 1 > <option value="2">Choice 2 > <option value="3" selected>Choice 3 > <option value="4">Choice 4 > <option value="5" selected>Choice 5 > </select> > > This should hightlight Choice 1, 3 and 5. But it does not ... Only > Choice 1 is highlighted, while Request("myVar") was equal to "1, 3, > 5". > > How can one preselect multiple choices in a <select ... Multiple ... > > drop-down? > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > --- You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% --- You are currently subscribed to activeserverpages as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
