[RESOLVED] Auto-Submitting Drop down menu

[mhodge87]

The way I have my form (editroster is the name) now with a drop down menu and there is a load button:

<INPUT name = "load" type = "SUBMIT" VALUE = "LOAD">

and then the following if statment

if (isset($_POST['load']))
{
    executes bunch of code here
}

Now I want to replace that load button with:

onchange=editroster.submit()

However once I do that and take away the load button, it dosen't submit the form anymore. I can't seem to get it to work.

[benracer]

Hi,
At the moment you have the LOAD input as a submit button. If you are trying to submit a dropdown menu when a new value is clicked then place this in your select tag...

<select size="1" name="LOAD" onchange=submit()>  

[NogDog]

For optimal accessibility, you may not want to get rid of the submit button in case a user has JavaScript disabled, or perhaps is using some device/browser that does not support it. (You could wrap the button in <noscript>...</noscript> tags so that it only displays in those [rare] situations.)

[bradgrafelman]

In any case, you could instead try to check if the dropdown itself was posted, since that's the POST'ed information you're interested in anyway.

[mhodge87]

Thanks everyone!