Re: Idea for a new Package - Chained Selectors

Ammar Ibrahim wrote: >Justin Patrin wrote: > >>On Sat, 18 Sep 2004 02:09:54 +0200, Ammar Ibrahim <ammar@gnuix.com> wrote: >> >> >>>Greetings, >>> After being frustrated, and haven't exactly found what I need. I'm >>>proposing a New package. I'm new to PEAR. So I'll start the discussion >>>here, and then write a proper proposal. Please advise me on what I >>>should/shouldn't do. >>> >>> The problem is that sometimes you want to have to drop down menus( >>><SELECT> ) When the user selects a value in one drop down, it would >>>automatically populate a "Chained" Drop down. Without a page refresh >>>ofcourse. It should be done one the client side, using Javascript. >>> >>> That's the basic description for now. Please give me your >>>comments/Feedback >>> >>I believe HTML_QuickForm's hierselect element type already does this. >> >Looks like hierselect is limited to one chained Selector. I'm thinking >of making unlimited Selectors. And "Probably" one Selector could have >more than one "Child" at the same level. Wrong, hierselect is not limited to one chained selector. Bertrand Mansion Mamasam