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Dynamic Dropdowns - stop automatic selection on second list?

Thread began 8/02/2013 7:04 am by steve287725 | Last modified 8/02/2013 8:43 am by Jason Byrnes | 940 views | 3 replies |

steve287725

Dynamic Dropdowns - stop automatic selection on second list?

Hello there

I have a Dynamic Dropdowns parent and child list working fine (as usual) but in this case I need to force the user to make a selection from the child list (I need to fire an OnChange event).
Is there a quick and easy way to prevent the child list auto-selecting a value (the top list item in this case)

Thanks

Steve

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

on the child list add a blank option:
<option value="">Make A Selection</option>

In the Populate list from array behavior, set the Leave Top setting to 1, that tells it to leave the first blank option in lace when populating the list

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steve287725

Quick!

Man that was quick - across the wide blue Atlantic and back in less than a couple of minutes!
There can't be many forums in the World with that speed of response - thanks again as always.

Jason - I have just implemented this and although that works as you describe, it isn't exactly what I was looking for.
I am looking for the child list to be populated with the recordset but no value to be selected, with no blank value at the top.
Is this possible?

Thanks again

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

can you send a copy of the page and link where i can see the problem please.

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