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write select multiple options

have some code that writes selectbox options - seen different methods
having difficulty writing select multiple size="5" options

can someone post some example code that writes select multiple options so i can evaluate what the difference is

thanks

R-Byter

Can you please post your current code?

Regards

dgrafx

ASKER

no - its on my machine at work.
just thought i'd get some ideas so i can start in on it tomorrow at work

you understand that i just need some working code that i can look at - right?
when i google i'm inundated with writing multiple selectboxes instead of writing select multiple ...

leakim971

Check this :

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<body>
<select multiple="multiple" size="5">
    <option>1</option>
    <option>2</option>
    <option>3</option>
    <option>4</option>
    <option>5</option>
    <option>6</option>
    <option>7</option>
    <option>8</option>
</select>
</body>
</html>

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dgrafx

ASKER

that is humorous ...

Michel Plungjan

But given the lack of detail you gave, quite correct.

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dgrafx

ASKER

Thanks mhmr _ will try that tomorrow - my code is at work ...

dgrafx

ASKER

mhmr - again thanks ...
it turns out that the problems i'm having (js errors) has to do with a jquery onchange function when selectbox is multiple.
I thought possibly the error was in the way I was writing the box - but now I can see that the method is identicle and also one can do it different ways.

any ideas on a general js error "object doesn't support this property or method" when I change the select multiple value (onchange)?
the same code works perfect with select single.
I know thats a vague question - just wondering if anything comes to mind.
thanks

mhmr

hello dqrafx
Can you tell us what version of jQuery you are using. and what browsers you use.

dgrafx

ASKER

1.4 and have been testing with ie8 is where get the error i stated above

with ff - onchange event doesnt fire but firebug doesnt say anything

mhmr

i tried the (onchange) on ie8 and ff and googl chrome. it works fine and here is the code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
  <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/>
    <title>Manage Menues</title>
    <script src="jquery.js" type="text/javascript" language="javascript" charset="utf-8"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript">
	
	function createSB(parentId, id, obj)
	{
		jQuery("#"+parentId).append('<select multiple="multiple" size="5" id="'+id+'"></select>');
		jQuery.each(obj, function(val, text) {
			jQuery('#'+id).append(
			jQuery('<option></option').val(val).html(text)
		);})
	}
	</script>

  </head>

<body>

<div id="div">
</div>
<div id="selectedItems">
</div>

<script type="text/javascript">
	createSB("div","cc",["1","2","3","4","5","6"]);
	
	$('#cc').change(function(){
		var selectedItems = '';
		$(this).find('option:selected').each(function () {
		selectedItems += ('i selected: ' + $(this).text()) + '<br />';
		}) 
		$('#selectedItems').html(selectedItems);
	});
</script>

</body>
</html>

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dgrafx

ASKER

thanks - i'll look at it ...