Re: another form question

by "Andy Innes" <andy(at)pixelchurch.com>

 Date:  Tue, 11 May 2004 10:23:16 +0200
 To:  <susanfriesen(at)telus.net>,
<hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
 References:  telus
  todo: View Thread, Original
You could build a custom drop-down in Flash that could pass the variables.
There you are only really limited by your imagination. You could easily
build a scrolling list with checkboxes and a submit button or event to pass
variables via http.

HTH

Andy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Friesen" <susanfriesen(at)telus.net>
To: <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 4:34 AM
Subject: RE: another form question


> Thanks Mike,
> John's advice worked for what I was aiming for:
> http://www.investinakinderworld.com/Forms/contacts.php
>
> My ultimate hope was to avoid having to instruct the user to hold down the
> CTRL key to select more than one option, and have them use checkboxes
> instead within the scrollable list. If there's a way to do this, that
would
> be ideal!
>
> Thanks again for your help!
> Susan
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mkear [mailto:mkear(at)afpwebworks.com]
> > Sent: May 10, 2004 2:04 PM
> > To: hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> > Cc: susanfriesen(at)telus.net
> > Subject: re:another form question
> >
> >
> > No.
> >
> > If my memory is serving me properly today, the form controls in HTML
are:
> >
> > Radio buttons (only one choice per name)
> > Checkboxes (choose as many as you like)
> > Drop down menus (choose one only)
> > Input fields - single lines
> > File field - for uploading files to the server
> > Hidden fields - for carrying info not input by the user from one page to
> > another
> > Text areas  - many columns and rows, unlimited size content
> >
> >
> > And there is one other too, whose name I can't recall because I've never
> > used them.  The options scroll down a window and you can select or
> > CTRL-Select more than one option.   But as I recall the reason I
> > gave up on
> > it was it wasn't supported well by all browsers.
> >
> >
> > You can't have a radio button in a menu item - it wouldn't make
> > any sense.
> > You select the item on the drop down menu, then you select it again on
the
> > radio button?  Why would you want to do both?
> >
> >
> > Cheers
> > Mike Kear
> > Windsor, NSW, Australia
> > AFP Webworks
> > http://afpwebworks.com
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org
> [mailto:owner-hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org] On
> Behalf Of Susan Friesen
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 May 2004 11:20 AM
> To: HWG Techniques
> Subject: another form question
>
> Hi again!
> Does anyone know how to create a drop down menu where you can select more
> than one option? Or better yet, is there a way to make a drop down menu
with
> checkboxes instead of highlighting the option?
>
> This form is for a query search that taps into a MySQL database using
PHP...
> if that helps at all.... I won't be the one doing the programming, just
> trying to get the form set up for the programmers to take over and do
their
> magic :)
>
> form in question: http://www.investinakinderworld.com/Forms/contacts.php
>
> Many thanks for everyone's help!
> Susan
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Susan Friesen
> Web Master, KindActs Network Association of BC
> 604-504-4242  or  604-515-5463
> Invest in a Kinder World Coin-spiracy Project:
> www.investinakinderworld.com
> www.kindacts.net
>
>
>
>
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