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Thread began 1/15/2010 2:08 pm by FARRSX4397970 | Last modified 1/26/2010 1:52 pm by Eric Mittman | 3321 views | 11 replies |

FARRSX4397970

Drop down list

I am using dreamweaver and I am unsure of what code I need to add to make work, please help.

<form action="" method="post" name="state_id" id="state_id">
<label for="State_id">State:</label>
<select name="State_id" id="state_id" accesskey="e" tabindex="1">
<option>Alabama</option>
<option>Alaska</option>
<option>Arizona</option>
<option>Arkansas</option>
<option>California</option>
</select>
</form>

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Eric Mittman

I do not understand what is being requested here, please post back and detail a little about what you are hoping to accomplish and what you have now and include any other details that you think would be relevant.

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FARRSX4397970

Drop down list

I have the Contact form solutions pack, I have added unvalidated boxes such as company address and city. I am trying to add a drop down list where someone can pick their state.
Here is the link to see what I am trying to do. contactus.php
Every thing works until I add this function. So a couple of things first I can't submit at all while this is in place. Second, what do I need to add to get it to appear in my email because I am sure I am missing some code.
So you know I am learning everything on fly no previous knowledge of web building.

Thanks,
Jeff

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neilo

The guide is here (in case you missed it!)

You have added extra <form> </form> tags around your 'select' code. You should remove those.

Your code should look like this:

<label>State
<select name="state_id" id="State">
<option>Alabama</option>
<option>Alaska</option>
<option>Arizona</option>
<option>Arkansas</option>
<option>More States</option>
<option>Washington</option>
<option>West Virginia</option>
<option>Wisconsin</option>
<option>Wyoming</option>
</select>
</label>



Edit: removed duplicate 'name=' from code!

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neilo

You may also want to add the following as your first option:

<option selected="selected">Select</option>



This will make 'Select' appear in the drop-down list instead of 'Alabama'. This is useful, so that if people don't bother to select a State, you won't have an unusually high number of people apparently entering 'Alabama'.

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FARRSX4397970

Drop down list

Thankyou very much. Since I have your attention maybe you can help me with a few other things. First, how can I get the Zip input box next to "ZIP:"?
<label for="State_id">State:</label>
<select name="State_id" id="state">
<option selected="selected">Select</option>
<option>Alabama</option>
<option>Alaska</option>
<option>Arizona</option>
<option>Arkansas</option>
<option>California</option>
</select>
<label for="Zip">Zip:</label>
<input name="Zip" type="text" class="inputValue" id="Zip" />
</label>
Second, can I add a reload box next to the captcha image and if so how?

Thanks again,
Jeff

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neilo

Hi Jeff,

It would be something like this:

<label>
<input type="text" name="Zip_Code" id="zip" />
</label>



It would be good to have a reset button for the captcha numbers (image) and I'm sure it's easy; but I don't yet know how exactly to do this - so I'm glad you asked - hopefully someone will post the answer.

I have tried putting a 'Reset' button on my form which works OK for resetting the values entered 'into the page (see my example here), but this doesn't reset the captcha image. The button somehow needs to reload the: 'WA_ValidationToolkit/WAVT_CaptchaSecurityImages.php' page.

A simple way would be to place a simple link on the form which links to the same page it's on:

<a href="contactus.php">Reset the Code</a>

This would reload the page, and therefore the captcha image as well. Not the most elegant solution, but it will 'work' and someone will hopefully provide the proper answer!

Cheers.

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Eric Mittman

Using a button to update the captcha code would require coding some ajax type of calls to get the server side page reloaded without reloading the form itself. Using the link is a good workaround for this rite now.

I have added a feature request to get this option available in the future.

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FARRSX4397970

Reset button

Is there an easy way to add a reset button that looks like the submit image in the Contact form solutions pack. This is the text I have now.
<a href="contactus.php">Reset the Code</a>

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Eric Mittman

If you are just wanting to make a link with an image you can just put the <img inside of the <a like this:

html:
<a href="contactus.php"><img src="your image for the button" alt="reset form"/></a>
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