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dropdown menu question, may be simple may not be

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='containe...

Images in dropdown list

Hi I want to put image along with some data in asp.net drop down list box. Can somebody give me a sample code to achieve this functionality? country flag + country name --> in the same list item Thank you, Nagu ...

Populating a DropDownlist From a Strongly Typed List

I"m populating a DropDownList from a strongly typed list, and that is working fine. The issue is I want to concatenate two of the fields within the list first and then put them in the dropdown. i.e., FirstName + LastName. I've tried a few things that didn't pan out, so can someone give this novice a lil help. This is an example of what...

Passing viewdata back to a controller for use with dropdown list

Hi, I have a page which has an Html.DropDownList which takes in a viewdata parameter. The issue is that when a user clicks save it verifies the model with a call to ModelState.IsValid if this fails I want the page to display the errors (this works fine) The issue I have is that the viewdata for the DropDown is lost, this means that I d...

how to get selected value of dropdownlist using javascript?

how to get selected value from dropdownlist in asp.net using javascript? i have tried the methods below but each of them only return the selected index instead of the value: var as = document.form1.ddlViewBy.value; var e = document.getElementById("ddlViewBy"); var strUser = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value; ...

ASP.net list of dropdownlists - similar to Access continuous form

Hi there, What I'm looking for is a way to mimic the MS-Access style continuous form within asp.net. In one particular case, I want a control, bound to a datasource which returns a dropdownlist for each row, bound to the value within the datasource. Any change to any of the dropdownlists' would perform an update to the database insta...

populate dropdown with list of spoken languages

I want to create a dropdown list with a list of spoken languages (English, Arabic, French, Spanish, etc.). Any idea where to get a full list? I will import the list into a database and then bind using a sql query ... ...

Adding Item to DataBound Drop Down List

Yes, I have read most of the topics here, but I can't find an answer that works. I have Three drop-down lists. The first is databound to grab distinct experiment names. The user selects, page posts back, and the second drop-down menu displays distinct time points. This is where I need help. I need to add an item to THAT drop-down list w...

how to handle long text in dropdownlist control in ASP.NET

i have one dropdown list which is pouplated by database . Its value feild contain records id and option feild contain the text of record . But the record text entries are very long and makes my dropdown so long that it totally chnage the outlook of my webpage. when i cut down the width it also cut down the text displayed . Is there any ...

List wordpress sub-pages as drop-down list in navigation

I am currently coding a HTML website into wordpress. The problem that i'm having at the moment is that I can't seem to include a drop-down in the navigation list, via the wp_list_pages tag. So that means at the moment, the "products" list-item, on hover, does not drop down to reveal pages (or sub-pages in this case). This is due to the...

How do I use jQuery to select all children except a select element

I have a div (let's say the id is "container") with many elements in it, including a select element. I'd like to select all everything in the div except the select. Things I've tried: $("#container *:not(select)") $("#container *:not(#selectorid)") //put a div around the select and... $("#container *:not(#selectorcontainer)") $("#cont...

How to populate long text in dropdownlist in asp.net

Hi, In asp.net, am trying to populate a dropdownlist box with very long text. I have fixed the width of list on the page and i don't want to change its size as it would affect my page layout. On clicking the dropdownlist, the text gets truncated to the size of the dropdown. I want to see the entire text without any truncation, without c...

Search a dropdown

I have this HTML dropdown: <form> <input type="text" id="realtxt" onkeyup="searchSel()"> <select id="select" name="basic-combo" size="1"> <option value="2821">Something </option> <option value="2825">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Something </option> <option value="2842">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n...

Wrap long-text in drop-down list ?

Hi, I have legibly long text in a drop-down list on my asp.net page. it violates the UI boundary and goes beyond the allocated region of UI. Is there anyway I can wrap [not trim] it using CSS or javascript ? I must display the entire string, no matter how long it is. ...

How is possible to javascript so that instead of having a drop-down-menu there are buttons for each of the values?

I would like help to manipulate to following javascript code so that there are buttons instead of the first drop-down-menu have buttons to choose the values of the next set of values for the drop-down-menus. The code is: <html> <head><title>JS example</title></head> <body> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- // var opt_one = new A...

C# with Selenium Ajax DropdownList Question

I have two dropdown lists, one containing a list of countries and one for states/regions that is not populated until one of the countries is selected. Both of these dropdowns are wrapped in an updatepanel. When I select the USA, the state dropdown list is filled with the 50 states and I am able to move forward from there. We are using S...

Dropdown button with "search" Textbox using C#

Hi, I have to add a "Search Box" with a DropDown Button for searching the books. This dropdown button should have an arrow pointing downwards and the search textbox next to it. so, wen i click on dropdown button, i should get few options (like team, personal, e........) If i select Team then the text "Search in Team" should be displayed...

Is there a way to dynamically populate a drop down list with values from a resource file?

So I have this .resx file and I want its values shown in a drop down list in ASP.NET MVC (C#). Is this possible? Google couldn't help me, so I hope SO can :-) ...

Duplicating DropDownListItems Without Looping

This works like a charm... loading DropDownList2 with all the items from DropDownList1 without looping: DropDownList2.DataSource = DropDownList1.Items; DropDownList2.DataBind(); But, the data from the item text of DropDownList1 is copied into both the text and value fields of DropDownList2. Is there anyway to get both the text and the...

Select DropDownList item inside of a Repeater control

I have a repeater that contains a few items and among them there are a DropDownList and a Button. The goal here is to associate an item from the DDL with the selected repeater row. ASPX Code: <asp:Repeater ID="sharedPlansList" runat="server" onitemdatabound="sharedPlansList_ItemDataBound" onitemcommand="sharedPlansList_ItemCo...