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How to clone a selectedIndex.text and best practice to append it...

Asked by dtreadway7 in Dynamic HTML (DHTML), JavaScript, Miscellaneous Web Development

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I have a dynamic form. The form is a set of drill-down select boxes [x3]. Each selectedIndex value is written to a corresponding div, then retrieved with a very nasty set of (innerHTML) swapping. To add to the nastiness, I have to use a simple sniffer (if(document.all)) and a lot of (obj.prentNode.childNodes[0].innerHTML) to make it work at all.

I would like to get away from having to use the object.parent references and use some (getElement) if possible. I would also like to use clone instead of innerHTML. The values i am copying do not need to have internal properties preserved so clone should make a great candidate. Problem is, I can't get clone to work on the (selectedIndex.text). I can only get "innerHTML" to work.

After all of these fields are filled out or, selected, their values will be stored in the parent ROW of this form. So, again I will need to a good way to reference that without using a lot of parentNode.parentNode..etc.

I am familiar with returning an object node types, but whats the best way to do it when the your current object is say childNode[13] (in IE) and childNode[14] in FF?    


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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>
<script>
  var arrItems1 = new Array();
  var arrItemsGrp1 = new Array();
  
        arrItems1[3] = "= (equal to St1)";
        arrItemsGrp1[3] = 1;
        arrItems1[4] = "= (equal to St2)";
        arrItemsGrp1[4] = 1;
        arrItems1[5] = "= (equal to St3)";
        arrItemsGrp1[5] = 1;
        
        arrItems1[6] = "= (equal to Emp1)";
        arrItemsGrp1[6] = 2;
        arrItems1[7] = "= (equal to Emp2)";
        arrItemsGrp1[7] = 2;
        
        arrItems1[0] = "Planes";
        arrItemsGrp1[0] = 3;
        arrItems1[1] = "Ultralight";
        arrItemsGrp1[1] = 3;
        arrItems1[2] = "Glider";
        arrItemsGrp1[2] = 3;
 
  var arrItems2 = new Array();
  var arrItemsGrp2 = new Array();
  
        arrItems2[21] = "747";
        arrItemsGrp2[21] = 0;
        arrItems2[22] = "Cessna";
        arrItemsGrp2[22] = 0;
        
        arrItems2[31] = "Kolb Flyer";
        arrItemsGrp2[31] = 1;
        arrItems2[34] = "Kitfox";
        arrItemsGrp2[34] = 1;
        
        arrItems2[35] = "Schwietzer Glider";
        arrItemsGrp2[35] = 2;
        
        arrItems2[99] = "Chevy Malibu";
        arrItemsGrp2[99] = 5;
        arrItems2[100] = "Lincoln LS";
        arrItemsGrp2[100] = 5;
        arrItems2[57] = "BMW Z3";
        arrItemsGrp2[57] = 5;
        
        arrItems2[101] = "Full-Time";
        arrItemsGrp2[101] = 3;
        arrItems2[102] = "Part-Time";
        arrItemsGrp2[102] = 3;
        
        arrItems2[103] = "Freight Train";
        arrItemsGrp2[103] = 4;
        arrItems2[104] = "Passenger Train";
        arrItemsGrp2[104] = 4;
        
        arrItems2[105] = "Value";
        arrItemsGrp2[105] = 6;
        arrItems2[106] = "Value2";
        arrItemsGrp2[106] = 6;
        
        arrItems2[200] = "Los Angelas Class";
        arrItemsGrp2[200] = 7;
        arrItems2[201] = "Kilo Class";
        arrItemsGrp2[201] = 7;
        arrItems2[203] = "Seawolf Class";
        arrItemsGrp2[203] = 7;
 
        // Function for the 1st drop-down                       
 
         function selectChange(control, controlToPopulate, ItemArray, GroupArray) {
    var myEle;
    var x;
 
    for (var q=controlToPopulate.options.length;q>=0;q--) controlToPopulate.options[q]=null;
                
                if(document.all){
                       var select1Dump = control.parentNode.childNodes[7]
                                         var select2Dump = control.parentNode.childNodes[8]
                   } else {
                       var select1Dump = control.parentNode.childNodes[7]
                                         var select2Dump = control.parentNode.childNodes[9]
                   }
                
                  if (control.name == "firstChoice"){
                                
                                alert(control.options[control.selectedIndex].text);
                                var control1Text = control.options[control.selectedIndex].text;
 
 
                        select1Dump.innerHTML = control1Text;  
                
                 } else if (control.name == "secondChoice"){
                 
                 
                    alert(control.options[control.selectedIndex].text);
                                        var control2Text = control.options[control.selectedIndex].text;
                        select2Dump.innerHTML = control2Text;  
                 } 
        
        
    myEle=document.createElement("option");
    theText=document.createTextNode("[SELECT]");
    myEle.appendChild(theText);
    myEle.setAttribute("value","0");
    controlToPopulate.appendChild(myEle);
  
    for ( x = 0 ; x < ItemArray.length; x++ ) {
      if ( GroupArray[x] == control.value ) {
        myEle = document.createElement("option") ;
        myEle.setAttribute("value",x);
        var txt = document.createTextNode(ItemArray[x]);
        myEle.appendChild(txt)
        controlToPopulate.appendChild(myEle)
      }
    }
 
  }
 
        //Role: Build Dynamic form pieces from drop-down 3  
        function selectChange3(control3, op) {
 
                                if(document.all){
                       var newDiv = control3.parentNode.childNodes[10];  
                                         var select1Dump = control3.parentNode.childNodes[7];
                                         var select2Dump = control3.parentNode.childNodes[8];
                             var formDumpDiv3 = control3.parentNode.childNodes[9]; 
                   } else {
                       var newDiv = control3.parentNode.childNodes[13];  
                                         var select1Dump = control3.parentNode.childNodes[7];
                                         var select2Dump = control3.parentNode.childNodes[9];
                             var formDumpDiv3 = control3.parentNode.childNodes[11]; 
                   }
                         
                                 
        if (op == 1 && control3.value == "101") {
                         newDiv.innerHTML = "";
                } 
    else if (op == 2 && control3.value == "102")  {   
        newDiv.innerHTML = "<input type='text' size='10' name='State' value='Part-Time'>";
    }
    else if (op == 3 && control3.value == "103") {
        newDiv.innerHTML = "<input type='text' size='20' value='3'>";
    } else {
                    newDiv.innerHTML = "";
                }
                
                //newDiv.innerHTML = control3.options[control3.selectedIndex].text
                formDumpDiv3.innerHTML = select1Dump.innerHTML + "," + select2Dump.innerHTML + "," + control3.options[control3.selectedIndex].text
                //formDumpDiv.innerHTML = control3.options[control3.selectedIndex].text
        
  }
 
</script>
</head>
 
<body>
 
<form name="" action="#" method="post" style="display:inline;margin:0px;">
         
<div id="selectParent">
                                        
Field:<select id='firstChoice' name='firstChoice'  style="clear:right;" onchange='selectChange(this, secondChoice, arrItems1, arrItemsGrp1)'>
<option value='0' selected>[SELECT]</option>
<option value='1'>Employment</option>
<option value='2'>State</option>
<option value='3'>Other</option>
</select>
                                        
Operator:<select id='secondChoice' name='secondChoice'  style="clear:right;" onchange='selectChange(this, thirdChoice, arrItems2, arrItemsGrp2)'>
<option value='0' selected>[SELECT]</option>
</select>
         
Compare with:<select id='thirdChoice' name='thirdChoice'  style="clear:right;" onChange="selectChange3(this, this.selectedIndex);">
<option value='0' selected>[SELECT]</option>
</select>
                                        
                                        
<div id="formDump1" style="display:none;clear:right;border:1px red solid;"></div>
 
<div id="formDump2" style="display:none;clear:right;border:1px red solid;"></div>
 
<div id="formDump3" style="clear:right;border:1px red solid;"></div>
<div id="extraField"  style="clear:right;top:-30px;"></div>
                                        
<div style="height:2px; width:1px;"></div>
<div class="doneImg"  onclick="hideRow(this);"></div>
 
</div>
 
</form>
 
</body>
</html>
 
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