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Jul 19.2003

Hello,
I need to make 4 drop downs which display 5 values each (” “, “1”, “2”, “3”, “4”).

When one of the combos is selected I need each of the [i]other[/i] 3 lists to remove this value from the list of available answers.

Also, when a combo is changed back to a ” ” value, the former selected value should then be re-added to each of the [i]other[/i] 3 combo boxes.

The function is to have 4 objects for the user to order in preference 1-4.

If the user rates the first object a “1” then the other objects should only show values of ” “, “2”,”3″ and “4”.

I’ve seen scripts that create conditional menus but they all appear to just go from “left to right” if you know what I mean. If Item 3 is changed, I want to change lists 1,2 and 4, not just 4 like most scripts seem to do.

Any help is appreciated.

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@AdamBrillJul 19.2003 — Take a look at the attached code. I hope that helps. ?

[upl-file uuid=5e4f7b1c-c827-43de-8508-8443e7e84f6d size=702B]dynamic_selectbox.zip[/upl-file]
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@brittonljauthorJul 19.2003 — Absolutely perfect.

I've been banging my head on the wall for hours!

Thanks much ?
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@AdamBrillJul 19.2003 — Good, I'm glad I could help. ?
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@ellipJun 20.2012 — hi, i have the same problem, but my ddls are bound to DB and taking items from there....may be someone have a suggestion how to make it happen..

thanks,

elli
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@007JulienJun 20.2012 — There is no need of drop-down lists to permute or rearrange objects...

See this page (with mouse drag and drop) or this variant (with touchs or clicks) for mobile. In the first case a cookie retain the order. It could be read with PHP to store is value in a DB. In the second case a form is build to store the items with there values...

It facilitates the polls very useful to ask the children if they prefer their father, their mother or the sauerkraut ?
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