You have to remember where things are happening: the change to the dropdown is only known to server-side components when the form is submitted.
It is possible to submit the form in the onchange event of a select box, but I wouldn't advise it unless you can guarantee a fast response (e.g. on an intranet). If you do this it's a good idea to add code to disable all controls on the screen just after the form submits. Sorry, this OT for Tomcat. Chris -----Original Message----- From: Anson Zeall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 September 2003 11:54 To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: Using drop down boxes in JSP Hi, Thanks for the reply. But, hmm.....i was thinking of using onChange...and then....process the parameter via servlet? Anson -----Original Message----- From: Walker Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 8:45 PM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: Using drop down boxes in JSP Anson, You will have to write client JavaScript to do this. OTTOMH, attach a function to the onChange event of your SELECT tag. The object representing the tag will probably be accessible as document.all.yourTagId, or possibly something else, depending on the browser object model. This object will expose a collection corresponding to all the OPTION tags and a property to indicate which is selected. I'd recommend you to find a definition of the browser object model and to check out sites specializing in JavaScript. Chris Walker -----Original Message----- From: Anson Zeall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 September 2003 11:31 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Using drop down boxes in JSP Hi people, I want to know, what is the best way to scan the option chosen each time the user selects an option from the drop down menu. Like..most of the pages I surfed to, they only showed how to make a drop down box..and then see what the option was chosen ONLY when the button is pressed. Is there any way I can scan the input, as soon as the user chooses an option from the drop down box? Regards, Anson --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
