Allow multiple but only display 1 choice

Question

with dreamweaver 8, how do I set the display to only show 1
choice initially?
e.g. I have a month list. Initially, I want it to display Jan
- and Jan ONLY. I want to allow multiple choice of month, e.g. I
can choose Jun, July and Aug.
I set type to List, Height to 6 and allow multiple
selections.
Please help.

Answer 1

Hello,
I see.
Dropdowns become lists as soon as you add "select multiple".
To select multiple items from a dropdown, you need to use
javascript or a
server side language, and it can be complex.
You can Google "Javascript Multiple Select Dropdown" to get
some free
scripts.
You'd need to combine this with another script that makes the
current month
the selected value.
Honestly, this isn't intuitive or user friendly.
You have to keep opening the dropdown to select additional
months, and it's
two clicks each time.
The instructions would likely use up more space than the
list.
Then there are those that start as a height of 1 then expand
when clicked
and stay open.
Here's a free one with some examples on the lower left.
http://multi-select-dropdown-box.possible.in/section.php/section/downloads
Another thing you could do is just use some simple script to
display the
current month name.
This wouldn't be a form element, just text.
Then, have a button to "add months".
When clicked, this button displays a hidden div (This is the
"Show/Hide"
behavior.) that does have the form's listbox in it.
You can find a number of scripts online to display a
multi-select list with
the current month selected.
So, if the user just wants June...they wouldn't click the
"add months"
button.
They would just fill out the rest of the form.
The list in the hidden div still functions as part of the
form, and has the
current month selected so when the form is submitted it will
submit June.
If they do want more months, they click the button and the
list is displayed
so they can select additional months.
You'll need to add some code so that if the user has
javascript disabled the
multiselect list displays even if it's not how you want it to
look when the
page opens.Better than people not being able to use the form.
Of course, you could avoid all of this by simply having
multiple checkboxes,
one for each month.
That's easy, intuitive and doesn't require any scripting.
Take care,
Tim
"patty12345678_8" <[email protected]> wrote
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> Hi Tim,
> Thanks for your help.
> I actually want the outcome as the following:
> 1) show current month
> 2) display ONLY the current month initially
> 3) allow multiple
> 4) when click the drop down box, it display the list
>
> My problem is: if I set the height to 6, it will distort
my page
> initially. I
> only want if the user click on the drop down box, it
then display the
> list.
>
> Any suggestion?
>