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hi, this is a beginner’s question:

how do I submit form upon selection from a drop down menu without having to click the submit button?

Thx, Lubo

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@WebnerdOct 12.2007 — onchange event
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@cootheadOct 12.2007 — Hi there metallus,

and a warm welcome to these forums. ?

As you describe yourself as a beginner, I will add substance to Webnerd's suggestion....
[color=navy]<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

<script type="text/javascript">
window.onload=function(){
df=document.forms[0];
df[0].onchange=function() {
if(df[0].value!='') {
df.submit();
}
}
}
</script>

</head>
<body>

<form action="http://www.google.com/" method="get"> [color=red] <!--google is only here for submission testing-->[/color]
<div>
<select name="the_name">
<option value="">---options---</option>
<option value="tom">Tom</option>
<option value="dick">Dick</option>
<option value="harry">Harry</option>
</select>
</div>
</form>

</body>
</html>[/color]

[i]coothead[/i]
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