how to create editable combo box in javascrip

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  1. ragupathi

    ragupathi New Member

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    how to create editable combo box in javascrip
     
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    Hi,

    You can check this

    Code:
    <font color='darkslategray'>
    <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"     "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
    <html>
    <head>
    <title>untitled</title>
    <style type="text/css">
    body
    { padding: 100px;
    background: url(http&#58;//www.sitepoint.com/forums/images/editor/code.gif);
    }
    #animals, option
    { font: normal 12px "comic sans ms", sans-serif;
    color: #000;
    background: buttonface;
    }
    span
    { padding: 12px;
    background: white;
    }
    </style>
    <script type="text/javascript">
    function addOption(s)
    { 
    var usr = 'option';
    if (s.value == 'other') 
    {         var o_new, o_old;     
              var bullet = '• ';     
              while (usr == '' || usr == 'option')         
              usr = prompt('Enter a new animal...', 'option');     
              if (null != usr)     
               {         
                   var pos = s.selectedIndex;         
                   o_old = s.options[s.options.length - 2];         
                   o_new = document.createElement('option');     
    o_new.setAttribute('value', usr);                                                                                  o_new.appendChild(document.createTextNode
                   (bullet + usr<font color='red'>.toUpperCase()</font>)); //remove red to maintain case             s.insertBefore(o_new, o_old);
              s.selectedIndex = --pos;
             return true;
         }
    }
    if (!usr || s.value == 'spacer')
    {
    s.selectedIndex = 0;
    return false;
    }
    }
    </script>
    </head>
    <body>
    <form>
    <span>
    <select id="animals" name="animals" onchange="return addOption(this)">
    <option value="" selected="selected">&raquo; animals</option>
    <option value="spacer"></option>
    <option value="aardvark">• AARDVARK</option>
    <option value="bullmoose">• BULL MOOSE</option>
    <option value="catamount">• CATAMOUNT</option>
    <option value="dachsund">• DACHSUND</option>
    <option value="dachsund">• ELEPHANT</option>
    <option value="spacer"></option>
    <option value="other">&raquo; add animal</option>
    </select>
    </span> </form> </body> </html> </font>
    Thanks
     

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