drop down menu

mikawhat

i have a drop down menu and i want every a value of it is selected to reload the page and submit that value. i'm using something like this:

 	<select name="menu">
   	<option selected value="1">GENERAL</option>
	<?php
	while ($cat = mysql_fetch_array($q)) {
		$cid = $cat[0];
		$cname = $cat[1];
		echo "<option value='$cid'>$cname</option>\n";
  	}

echo "</select>";

can anyone help me? i tried using <select name="c" size="1" onChange="MM_jumpMenu('parent',this,0)"> but i got confused so i'm looking for an alternative way..

Gonwee

You have a menu using a drop down right?

And you want it to redirect the user when he picks an item?

add this

onclick="javascript:window.location='http://www.blank.com/';"

That will make it change page when an item is selected in the drop down.

Edit: whele, it works fine in firefox, but not in ie.

mikawhat

i tried that but is not working. also, i'd like to include the value of the selected element of the menu when reloading the page. is that possible?

Gonwee

What do you want to send using the value? If you just want to tag it onto the address as a get, then thats easy.

Heres what i've got so far...

<select name="menu" onClick="javascript:redirect('menu');">
<option selected value="default">GENERAL</option>

<?php

while ($cat = mysql_fetch_array($q) {

$cid = $cat[0];
$cname = $cat[1];
echo '<option value="?id='.$cid.'">'.$cname."</option>\n";

}

echo "</select>";

?>

And it will need some javascript in the head,

<script type="text/javascript">
    <!--
	function redirect(name) {if (document.getElementById(name).value != 'default') {window.location=document.getElementById(name.value;} }
    // -->
</script>

The way i set it up is it runs redirect() everytime to select box is clicked, but only redirects when the value is no longer default. Its the best way i've found so far.