Re: Dynamic dropdown lists (select)

On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Daniel Brown <parasane@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 9:33 AM, Ryan Yagatich <ryagatich@pantek.com> > wrote: > > Angelo Zanetti wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I am looking at options for creating a dynamic dropdown list. > > <snip> > > > > > > > Is there any other idea or thing I can do? Im thinking maybe AJAX but > this > > > is for a mobile site (WAP/xHTML) site and Im not sure if the > functionality > > > will work on these devices. > > > > > > > > You're pretty limited to the use of JavaScript here, and even more > > limited to what you can do with it. For instance, JS works on the Treo > > 700p just fine - but when you get to making HTTP requests through JS > > (AJAX and related talk goes here) - they refuse to execute. (The 700p > > uses Blazer 4.5 web browser): > > aÞy£n¸ÐÑøÇ > > R‹http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazer_(web_browser)<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazer_%28web_browser%29> > > For posterity's sake (and an FYI), I'll point out that Internet > Exploder on the Treo 700wx does have a JavaScript parsing engine, but > does *not* handle AJAX very well at all. > > I know this comes as a big surprise that a Microsoft product is > lacking when compared to another. im not a fan of this technique on full-blown web browsers, but in this case it sounds like a workaround is called for. you could just handle the onchange event on the the select element and submit the form to the server for a full page refresh. eg. <form id="ddlForm" method="post" action=""> <select onchange="document.getElementById('ddlForm').submit()"> <!-- options --> </select> </form> you may also consider embedding the form in an iframe to enhance performance, tho im no expert on the mobile front :D -nathan