Re: Netscape 6.1 problem and SELECT lists / FORMS

11-07-2001 The problem was Netscape 6.1 -- I've upgraded to 6.2 and the problem went away. Jason "Jason Caldwell" <jason@thinkingman.org> wrote in message news:20011025061137.43922.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > NS6.1 remembers the items that were selected in a SELECT list when I call > the same page back with a header() function... normally this wouldn't be a > problem -- however, in my case, I am (through PHP) printing all selected > items to the top of the list, and all unselected items to the bottom -- this > has the effect of showing all the users (right up front / top) all the > selections they've made without having to scroll through the entire list -- > > Now, in NS4.x and IE5.x this functionality works fine. But in NS6.1 the > items are pushed to the top alright, however, they aren't highlighted (ie. > selected) -- looking at the source for the page, the SELECTED statement is > in the <option> tag (as I said, it works fine in everything but NS6.1 :-) ) > > Through playing around, I discovered that with NS6.1 -- this is the result > of the FORM NAME (ie. name="frmWhatever") -- I appended a random number at > the end of the FORM NAME each time I pressed the submit button and the page > was called back through a header() function. This seemed to fix the problem > (ie. the items in the select list that were suppose to be selected, > were!) -- however, all other items on my forms lost their data (again, only > in NS6.1) -- so, if nothing else, I at least discovered that the FORM NAME > plays a roll in this dysfunctionality. > > Now I ask you -- the great pool of knowledge -- any suggestions on how I can > get NS6.1 forms to behave? > > Thanks. > Jason > > >