In the Form Field properties box I have entered the "target Pages" under
values, but the links do not work. Why?

Unfortunately, the drop-down menu doesn't know anything about hyperlinks or
navigating. A drop down in itself is not a menu, it is simply a dropdown
list of name/value pairs. You need something else to turn it into a menu.
These are often called jump menus because they let users jump to a specified
selection.

You'll need to get a JavaScript to do this and call it through the onchange
event of your dropdown box, though you may also want to have a go button
handy for users who have a browser too old for the onchange event to work.
Here's a handy one at:
http://javascript.internet.com/navig...jump-menu.html There are also
other scripts available at javascript.internet.com and www.dynamicdrive.com

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage

"Smilie" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In the Form Field properties box I have entered the "target Pages" under
> values, but the links do not work. Why?

This works for a drop down menu:
<form>
<select onChange="if(options[selectedIndex].value)
window.location.href=(options[selectedIndex].value)">
<option>Select a search engine...
<option value="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo
<option value="http://www.google.com">Google
<option value="http://www.lycos.com">Lycos
</select>
</form>

"Smilie" wrote:

> In the Form Field properties box I have entered the "target Pages" under
> values, but the links do not work. Why?

Dan L,
I have read this thread and used it on my website.

A small question :
Should there be closing option tags i.e. </option> or is this
redundant/optional ?

Anyway, my actual question is this.

How can I
1. Reduce the width of the text boxes with the option text in them
and
2. Get a line break in these text boxes. I have tried <br> and and
both are just ignored.

I ask because I placed this form in a sidebar menu frame (changing
window.location to top.location) and due to its width, it causes a
horizontal scrollbar to appear and the down arrow is only visible in the
frame when one scrolls sideways.

--
Cheers,
Trevor L.
Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au

Dan L wrote:
> This works for a drop down menu:
> <form>
> <select onChange="if(options[selectedIndex].value)
> window.location.href=(options[selectedIndex].value)">
> <option>Select a search engine...
> <option value="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo
> <option value="http://www.google.com">Google
> <option value="http://www.lycos.com">Lycos
> </select>
> </form>
>
> "Smilie" wrote:
>
>> In the Form Field properties box I have entered the "target Pages"
>> under values, but the links do not work. Why?


I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you?
http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html

Yes, it should have the closing tag for each line item.

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"Trevor L." <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Dan L,
> I have read this thread and used it on my website.
>
> A small question :
> Should there be closing option tags i.e. </option> or is this redundant/optional ?
>
> Anyway, my actual question is this.
>
> How can I
> 1. Reduce the width of the text boxes with the option text in them
> and
> 2. Get a line break in these text boxes. I have tried <br> and and both are just ignored.
>
> I ask because I placed this form in a sidebar menu frame (changing window.location to
> top.location) and due to its width, it causes a horizontal scrollbar to appear and the down arrow
> is only visible in the frame when one scrolls sideways.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Trevor L.
> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>
> Dan L wrote:
>> This works for a drop down menu:
>> <form>
>> <select onChange="if(options[selectedIndex].value)
>> window.location.href=(options[selectedIndex].value)">
>> <option>Select a search engine...
>> <option value="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo
>> <option value="http://www.google.com">Google
>> <option value="http://www.lycos.com">Lycos
>> </select>
>> </form>
>>
>> "Smilie" wrote:
>>
>>> In the Form Field properties box I have entered the "target Pages"
>>> under values, but the links do not work. Why?
>
>
> I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you?
> http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html
>

I'm pretty sure there's no need for the </option>.
As for width of the drop down boxes, that's driven by the amount of text you
put into any one box - if one is wide, they'll all be that wide.
Sorry, I can't answer the <br> question. You might open a new thread and
ask "the pros" (then we'll both know :-)

"Trevor L." wrote:

> Dan L,
> I have read this thread and used it on my website.
>
> A small question :
> Should there be closing option tags i.e. </option> or is this
> redundant/optional ?
>
> Anyway, my actual question is this.
>
> How can I
> 1. Reduce the width of the text boxes with the option text in them
> and
> 2. Get a line break in these text boxes. I have tried <br> and
and
> both are just ignored.
>
> I ask because I placed this form in a sidebar menu frame (changing
> window.location to top.location) and due to its width, it causes a
> horizontal scrollbar to appear and the down arrow is only visible in the
> frame when one scrolls sideways.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Trevor L.
> Website: http://tandcl.homemail.com.au
>
> Dan L wrote:
> > This works for a drop down menu:
> > <form>
> > <select onChange="if(options[selectedIndex].value)
> > window.location.href=(options[selectedIndex].value)">
> > <option>Select a search engine...
> > <option value="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo
> > <option value="http://www.google.com">Google
> > <option value="http://www.lycos.com">Lycos
> > </select>
> > </form>
> >
> > "Smilie" wrote:
> >
> >> In the Form Field properties box I have entered the "target Pages"
> >> under values, but the links do not work. Why?
>
>
> I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you?
> http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html
>
>
>

What would be needed to have the page open to NEW?

David

"Dan L" wrote:

> This works for a drop down menu:
> <form>
> <select onChange="if(options[selectedIndex].value)
> window.location.href=(options[selectedIndex].value)">
> <option>Select a search engine...
> <option value="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo
> <option value="http://www.google.com">Google
> <option value="http://www.lycos.com">Lycos
> </select>
> </form>
>
> "Smilie" wrote:
>
> > In the Form Field properties box I have entered the "target Pages" under
> > values, but the links do not work. Why?

http://docs.cs.up.ac.za/programming/.../ken/menu1.htm <<< INFO drop
down menu open new page



"116" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:E416FC3B-1A8E-418A-9DC6-(E-Mail Removed)...
> What would be needed to have the page open to NEW?
>
> David
>
> "Dan L" wrote:
>
>> This works for a drop down menu:
>> <form>
>> <select onChange="if(options[selectedIndex].value)
>> window.location.href=(options[selectedIndex].value)">
>> <option>Select a search engine...
>> <option value="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo
>> <option value="http://www.google.com">Google
>> <option value="http://www.lycos.com">Lycos
>> </select>
>> </form>
>>
>> "Smilie" wrote:
>>
>> > In the Form Field properties box I have entered the "target Pages"
>> > under
>> > values, but the links do not work. Why?