Reload page when select option in drop down?!

cyprus106 · Jun 11, 2003

I need to automatically reload a web page when the user selects an option in a dropdown box. I'm so inexperienced with Javascript that I've got no idea how it's done. Can anybody help?

Cyprus

greelmo · Jun 11, 2003

yeah.

<script language="JavaScript">
function fncreload(myValue);
{
if (myValue=='whatever you want the refresh value to be')
document.location="the location of the site... i.o.w, the URL of the site you are already on."
}

and the HTML

<select name="selecty" onChange="fncreload(this.value);">
/////all of your options here/////
</select>

Later,
Greelmo

Mr3Putt · Jun 11, 2003

This should work. Create a page with the following code, and try it out.

Code:

<html>
<title>reload javascript</title>
<head>
<script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; language=&quot;javascript&quot;>
<!--
function reloadFunc(obj){
  var theVal = obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].value;
  if (theVal == 'reload') location.reload();
}
-->
</script>
</head>
<body onload=&quot;alert('I just loaded...\n...or re-loaded');&quot;>
here's a &quot;SELECT&quot; element, select &quot;reload the page&quot; to reload... other values will have no effect.
<br>
<form>
<select onchange=&quot;reloadFunc(this);&quot;>
  <option value=&quot;do nothing&quot;>do nothing</option>
  <option value=&quot;do nothing&quot;>do nothing</option>
  <option value=&quot;do nothing&quot;>do nothing</option>
  <option value=&quot;do nothing&quot;>do nothing</option>
  <option value=&quot;do nothing&quot;>do nothing</option>
  <option value=&quot;reload&quot;>reload the page</option>
</select>
</form>
</body>
</html>

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Reload page when select option in drop down?!

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