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Hi
I want to write a script (JavaScript) that will control what options are displayed in a drop-down box depending on what radio button a user selects eg If the user selects radio button 1 then A,B & C are options, if the user selects radio button 2 then D, E and F are options and if a user selects radio button 3 then G,H and I are options.
I have written a script to deal with the situation where if a user selects an option from a first drop-down box then different options are given in a second drop-down box but have not been able to successfully adapt to it the case where a set of radio buttons are used instead of the first drop-down box.
Can someone please help me?
That script is below (with cuisines and dishes being used as options rather than numbers and letters)
var cuisines = new Array();
var cuisineField;
var dishField;
function initDishes()
{
//find the required fields – this should run on load of the document so isn’t written in a function.
cuisineField=null;
for (var x=0;x<entryForms.length && cuisineField==null;x++)
{
cuisineField = entryForms[x][“cuisineName”];
dishField = entryForms[x][“dishName”];
}
// **************************************************
//ENTER THE DATA FOR THE DISHES HERE
//in alphabetical order first by Cuisine, then by Dish Name
addDish(“Chinese”,”Cantonese Roasted Duck”);
addDish(“Chinese”,”Red Cooked Pork with Tofu”);
addDish(“Chinese”,”Mongolian Beef Fire Pot”);
addDish(“Italian”,”Fegati Alla Veneziana”);
addDish(“Italian”,”Abaccio Al Forno”);
addDish(“Italian”,”Maccheroni con le sarde”);
addDish(“Mexican”,”Chicken Enchilada”);
addDish(“Mexican”,”Quesadilla Casserole”);
addDish(“Mexican”,”Chiles Rellenos”);
//END ENTERING DATA FOR THE DISHES
// **************************************************
//load the selections into the region field
cuisineField.options[0] = new Option(“-SELECT-“);
i = 0;
for(x in cuisines)
{
i++;
cuisineField.options[i] = new Option(x);
}
cuisineField.options[0].selected = true;
dishField.options[0].selected = true;
getCookies();
updateDishList();
getCookies();
}
function updateDishList()
{
//remove the current options in the list
for(j=dishField.options.length;j>=0;j–)
{
dishField.options[j] = null;
}
//populate the new options in the list
selCuisine = cuisineField.options[cuisineField.selectedIndex].text;
dishField.options[0] = new Option(“-SELECT-“);
dishField.options[0].selected = true;
i = 0;
for(x in cuisines[selCuisine]){
i++;
dishField.options[i] = new Option(x);
}
}
function addDish(cuisine, dish, id)
{
//define a new Dish
if(cuisines[cuisine]==undefined)
{
cuisines[cuisine] = new Array();
}
cuisines[cuisine][dish] = id;
}