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April 4th, 2004, 12:08 AM

caroundw5h

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drop down menu

is there a way to have the first option of a drop down menu be blank. so the user cannot see any writing without picking one:
ex menu:
option1:
option2:kdfdkf
option3:farerjr
option4:gar

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April 4th, 2004, 08:49 PM

Zao

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Yes there is a way.

Code:

<select>
  <option>&nbsp;</option>
  <option>option1</option>
  <option>option2</option>
</select>

Now I always liked to something like this. So there is just no blank spot in the drop menu. But it is whatever you like.

Code:

<select>
  <option>--</option>
  <option>option1</option>
  <option>option2</option>
</select>

have fun. see ya

April 6th, 2004, 04:16 PM

caroundw5h

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Thank you for your reply.

I have the following code

Code:

Highest Level:<br/>
<select name = "Level">
<option>&nbsp</option>
<option value ="rep"> Representative
<option value ="Manager">Manager
<option value ="Owner">Owner
<option value ="Investor">Investor
<option value ="Other">Other
</select>
<p/>

it works well in netscape however in IE, the latest. The first value is always present. I even tried

Code:

<option></option>

Can you tell me what is wrong. Thank you.

I really don't like IE.

April 6th, 2004, 05:58 PM

Chris Boulton

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Try adding a value="" to it like this:

Code:

 <option value=""> </option>

April 9th, 2004, 01:04 AM

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Well I copyed your code, and what you have works just fine in ie 6.0, so I don't know really. But I did notice that on your code.

Code:

Highest Level:<br/>
<select name = "Level">
<option>&nbsp</option>
<option value ="rep"> Representative
<option value ="Manager">Manager
<option value ="Owner">Owner
<option value ="Investor">Investor
<option value ="Other">Other
</select>
<p/>

on the first option the &nbsp, you forgot the ;. But I am sure that is just a type o. But anyways

April 9th, 2004, 02:29 PM

caroundw5h

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That is weird. I changed the code again and it seems to work i don't know what i could have done wrong. but i thank you for your help anyway.

can you tell now why the following code won't allow me to link to the contact.htm page. are buttons not used like that in IE

Code:

<a href = "contact.htm"> 
<input type ="button" value ="GET STARTED NOW">
</a>

April 9th, 2004, 03:06 PM

Ran321

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I'm not totally sure but i think maybe

Code:

<a href = "contact.htm"
          input type ="button" 
          value ="GET STARTED NOW">  </a>

April 10th, 2004, 05:15 AM

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Well when you have that, you got to tell the input button what to do when the user click's on the button. So to fix that is what is below.

Code:

<input type="button" value="GET STARTED NOW" onClick="window.location='contact.htm'">

Anyways, I am going to go to bed now. I hope that works for ya, tell me if that works for ya. If not, I am sure we can think of another way to get around that. See ya

Last edited by Zao : April 10th, 2004 at 05:17 AM.

April 10th, 2004, 09:01 AM

caroundw5h

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Thanks guys. zao that code fixed it up in IE for me. so whenever I use a button to relocate i should use the on.click attribute instead of a nested script huh? Thanks I never found that in my tutorial.

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