Great - I'll give it a shot. Thanks again, I owe you a beer if I ever make it to one of the Refresh meetings.
-- Rob On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > > Rob, > > You should be able to put some JavaScript after the code you want to > manipulate. Best option IMHO is somewhere close to the end of the > file. If not in the footer than as far down in the code as you can. > The 3rd example I provided does remove the item from the dropdown > display. > > // Disables the 'Chinese (Simplified)' via the options value > if (lang_options[i].value == '21') > lang_options.remove(i); > > > > > > On Dec 11, 2008, at 2:39 PM, Rob Scott wrote: > >> >> Paul - you are the man! This is exactly what I'm looking to do. Thanks >> for the example. >> >> However, I have another problem: I'm trying to do this in a >> third-party app and I don't have access to the HEAD section or the >> BODY tags, so I can't put the js in the HEAD and I can't attach an >> onLoad to the BODY tag. :( I really only have the ability to put the >> js into markup right after the BODY tag. Does that make it impossible >> to do? >> >> Also, is there a way to remove the "unwanted" menu options from the >> menu altogether (i.e set the display to "none")? >> >> Thanks for your responses Chris & Paul! >> >> -- Rob >> >> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:05 PM, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Rob, >>> >>> This is very easy to do with just some straight old fashioned >>> JavaScript. Check out this test file: >>> http://www.codehooligans.com/tmp_open/test_drop.html >>> >>> I setup an onLoad event just to kick things off. You can obviously >>> change this to trigger however you want. Here is the core >>> functionality. I've provided three options for manipulating the >>> select >>> options. The first 2 disable the option (either by text or by value. >>> The third removes it from the list all together. >>> >>> Also, I'm not performing any checks to make sure there are more than >>> zero options in the select, etc. You can add that on your own. >>> >>> function check_select() >>> { >>> var lang_options = >>> document.getElementById("LanguageLocaleKey"); >>> >>> for (var i = 0; i < lang_options.length; i++) >>> { >>> // Disable the 'French' via the >>> options text >>> if (lang_options[i].text == 'French') >>> >>> lang_options[i].setAttribute("disabled","disabled"); >>> >>> // Disables the 'Swedish' via the >>> options value >>> if (lang_options[i].value == '58') >>> >>> lang_options[i].setAttribute("disabled","disabled"); >>> >>> // Disables the 'Chinese >>> (Simplified)' via the options value >>> if (lang_options[i].value == '21') >>> lang_options.remove(i); >>> >>> >>> } >>> } >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Dec 11, 2008, at 1:25 PM, Rob Scott wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hey Refreshers, >>>> >>>> I have a form on a webpage and I have no control over the way it's >>>> marked up. The form has a SELECT box for "Language" with multiple >>>> options. We do not want users to be able to select some of the >>>> languages in the SELECT box, but have no way to remove the options >>>> from the form. I'm curious is there is a way using JavaScript to >>>> hide >>>> some of the options by specifying their values. For example, on this >>>> form: >>>> >>>> <form> >>>> <select id="LanguageLocaleKey" name="LanguageLocaleKey"> >>>> <option value="1" selected="selected">English</option> >>>> <option value="33">German</option> >>>> <option value="41">Spanish</option> >>>> <option value="48">French</option> >>>> <option value="50">Italian</option> >>>> <option value="52">Japanese</option> >>>> <option value="58">Swedish</option> >>>> <option value="53">Korean</option> >>>> <option value="27">Chinese (Traditional)</option> >>>> <option value="21">Chinese (Simplified)</option> >>>> <option value="64">Portuguese (Brazilian)</option> >>>> <option value="23">Dutch</option> >>>> <option value="70">Danish</option> >>>> <option value="59">Thai</option> >>>> <option value="66">Finnish</option> >>>> <option value="57">Russian</option> >>>> </select> >>>> </form> >>>> >>>> I only want to show a few of these options in the pull-down menu, >>>> but >>>> cannot hide the unwanted options using CSS (as far as I know) since >>>> there are no ids/classes to add style to. Is there a way to do this >>>> with JavaScript (using the option "values")? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. >>>> >>>> -- Rob Scott >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >>> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin/web/refresh-austins-job-posting-guidelines. We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
