We have had this script on our site for a while, and it has always
worked in any browser we have tested. It dynamically fills one select
based on the selection of another select. Unfortunatly, with the
release of NS 7, and the related Mozilla engine, this script no longer
works.
function popPresList(lst Parent,lstChild ){
clearPresList(l stChild);
var n = lstParent.optio ns[lstParent.selec tedIndex].value; // get the
index of the controlling select.
var k = 0;
lstChild.option s[++k] = new Option('Not Selected', '0'); // add the
default selection to the child list.
if ( n > 0 )
{
for(i=0;i<aPres Holder.length;i ++) // look through the array to
find the proper child array.
{
var presArray = aPresHolder[i];
if(presArray['parent']==n) // does its parent match ours?
{
txtItem = presArray['name']; // get the text
optValue = presArray['id']; /get the value
lstChild.option s[++k]=new Option(txtItem, optValue); //
create a new option
}
}
}
if(k == 0)
{
lstChild.option s[++k] = new Option('None Available', '0'); //if
we have no children, display to user.
}
lstChild.select edIndex=1; // set the seletected index.
}
function clearPresList(l stChild)
{
var longi = lstChild.length ;
for ( var i=0; i<=longi -1; i++ )
{
lstChild.option s[i] = null; // clear the present options
}
}
The html (stripped of surrounding tables, etc,)
<select name='PRESENTAT ION_SELECT'
onChange='javas cript:popPresLi st(this,PRESENT ATION_SELECT_CH ILD);'>
<option value='0'>Not Selected</option>
<option value=301 >Poster</option>
<option value=302 >Oral</option>
</select>
<select name='PRESENTAT ION_SELECT_CHIL D'>
<option value='0'>Not Selected</option>
<option value=1381 >Research</option>
</select>
can anyone shed some light on why this has stopped working, and what I
must to to fix it?
