remember drop down form selection

[rkoya]

Hi,

Basically I have a form that with dropdown boxes, I have a box where i choose a destination when a destination is chosen it then populates another 2 drop down boxes called pick-up location and drop-off respectively, with the same information. I click search which brings up my results, but if I click back in Internet Explorer it doesn't remember the selection in the pick-up and drop-off boxes. It remembers the destination. In Firefox it remembers it all. Can anyone help?

I have attached my code:

<select accesskey="d" name="area" class="DROPDOWNTEXT"
onchange="document.details.slct.value=0;ckDstn(document.details.elements['area'].options[document.details.elements['area'].selectedIndex].value);">
<option value="sel" selected>select a destination</option>
<option value="|test|0"></option><option value="none">Balearics - </option><option value="ibiza airport|test|148">- Ibiza Airport</option></select>

<select accessKey="o" name="pickuplocation" class="DROPDOWNTEXT" onchange="this.form.slct.value = this.selectedIndex;ckPickUp(document.details.elements['pickuplocation'].options[document.details.elements['pickuplocation'].selectedIndex].value);">

<select accessKey="o" name="tdropoff" class="DROPDOWNTEXT" onchange="this.form.slct2.value = this.selectedIndex">

can anyone help

 

[rkoya]

also i do not want to use cookies if possible.

Thanks

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Try running a function "onload" that tests to see if a dewstination has been chosen, and if so, automatically populates the pick-up and drop-off boxes, if they're not already populated.

Hope this helps,
Dan



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[theniteowl]

You could have the search information appear in a popup window so the form page has not been left so the selections remain.
You could use Ajax to retrieve the data and display it within the same page as well, also not directing the user to another page and losing selections.


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[rkoya]

Ok thanks for your help guys, will try your suggestions.