dropdown menu question, may be simple may not be

Question

Hi all

I have a webpage containing input tags like the one below eg.

<input value='Cut' name='container_cut_button' type='submit/>
<input value='Copy' name='container_copy_button' type='submit/>

I want to put these into a dropdown, I was hoping it would be something simple like

<select onchange='submit()'>
   <option name='container_cut_button'>Cut</option>
   <option name='container_copy_button'>Copy</option>
</select>

but no such luck,

Anyone have any ideas about how this could be done?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Use the "value" attribute of the options rather than their name.

<select name="action">
  <option value="cut_item">Cut</option>
  <option value="save_item">Save</option>
</select>

On the server, you'll check the value of the variable "action." It will be either "cut_item" or "save_item".

Answer 2

I called a javascript function in the select tag ie. onchange="exec(value)", the function gets the select id and inserts the proper name attribute based on it value.

function exec(val){
  if(val=='cut'){
    document.getElementById("action").setAttribute("name", "cut")
  }
 }

This worked out ok