Drop Down Menu w/ Descriptions wont open in a iframe

[2lick]

1) Script Title: Drop Down Menu w/ Descriptions

2) Script URL (on DD): http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/combodescribe.htm

3) Describe problem: I have this drop down menu.
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex1/combodescribe.htm

I would like to have some links open im my frame named (iframe1), and some ina newwin. The newwin works. I noticed the jumptolink code below and the is a if statment for (newwin). Maybe I need to add a id statment for (iframe1) and then tell it what to do. If any one knows what to write or if this is the wrong aproach, PLEASE HELP!!!

I have the code customized to look like this (my actual code):



<!--Drop Down Menu-->

<form name="form1" method=>
<select name="select1" size="1" style="background-color:#FFFFD7" onChange="displaydesc(document.form1.select1, thetext1, 'textcontainer1')">
<option selected value="home.html" >Home</option>
<option>-----------</option>
<option value="foodservices/cafmenutemplate.htm" >Lunch Menu</option>
<option value="http://wired.com">Parents</option>
<option value="http://www.news.com" >Teacher Mail</option>
<option value="https://staff.west.org" target="newwin" >WCCS Secured</option>
</select>

<input type="button" value="Go"
onClick="jumptolink(document.form1.select1)" ><br>
<span id="textcontainer1" align="left" style="font:italic 13px Arial">
</span>
</form>


and the other part:


<!-- Code For Drop Down Quik Links -->
<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* Drop down menu w/ description- © Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice must stay intact for use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

//1) CUSTOMIZE TEXT DESCRIPTIONS FOR LINKS ABOVE
var thetext1=new Array()
thetext1[0]=""
thetext1[1]=""
thetext1[2]=""
thetext1[3]=""
thetext1[4]=""
thetext1[5]=""

function displaydesc(which, descriptionarray, container){
if (document.getElementById)
document.getElementById(container).innerHTML=descriptionarray[which.selectedIndex]
}

function jumptolink(what){
var selectedopt=what.options[what.selectedIndex]
if (document.getElementById && selectedopt.getAttribute("target")=="newwin")
window.open(selectedopt.value)
else
window.location=selectedopt.value
}

displaydesc(document.form1.select1, thetext1, 'textcontainer1')

</script>

I am preaty new too all of this but I searched every where and I cant seem to get it to work.

THANK YOU ALL!!!

[ddadmin]

I've modified the original script to support opening a link within a specific iframe as well:


<!--Example drop down menu 1-->

<form name="form1">
<select name="select1" size="1" style="background-color:#FFFFD7" onChange="displaydesc(document.form1.select1, thetext1, 'textcontainer1')">
<option selected value="http://www.javascriptkit.com">JavaScript Kit </option>
<option value="http://freewarejava.com">Freewarejava.com</option>
<option value="http://wired.com" target="newwin">Wired News</option>
<option value="http://www.news.com" target="iframe1" >News.com</option>
<option value="http://www.codingforums.com" target="newwin">Coding Forums</option>
</select>
<input type="button" value="Go"
onClick="jumptolink(document.form1.select1)"><br>
<span id="textcontainer1" align="left" style="font:italic 13px Arial">
</span>
</form>

<!--Example drop down menu 2-->

<form name="form2">
<select name="select2" size="1" style="background-color:#E3FFDF" onChange="displaydesc(document.form2.select2, thetext2, 'textcontainer2')">
<option selected value="http://www.cnn.com">CNN</option>
<option value="http://www.msnbc.com">MSNBC</option>
<option value="http://news.bbc.co.uk">BBC News</option>
<option value="http://www.theregister.com/">The Register</option>
</select>
<input type="button" value="Go"
onClick="jumptolink(document.form2.select2)"><br>
<span id="textcontainer2" align="left" style="font:italic 13px Arial">
</span>
</form>



<!--IMPORTANT: Below script should always follow all of your HTML codes above, and never proceed them-->
<!--To be safe, just add below script at the end of your page-->

<script type="text/javascript">

/***********************************************
* Drop down menu w/ description- © Dynamic Drive (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice must stay intact for use
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

//1) CUSTOMIZE TEXT DESCRIPTIONS FOR LINKS ABOVE
var thetext1=new Array()
thetext1[0]="Comprehensive JavaScript tutorials and over 400+ free scripts"
thetext1[1]="Direct link to hundreds of free Java applets online!"
thetext1[2]="Up to date news on the technology front"
thetext1[3]="News.com- The #1 technology News site."
thetext1[4]="Web Coding and development forums"

/// You may define additional text arrays if you have multiple drop downs:
var thetext2=new Array()
thetext2[0]="CNN- US and World News."
thetext2[1]="MSNBC- NBC News online."
thetext2[2]="BBC News- Updated every minute of every day."
thetext2[3]="TheRegister- Daily IT news."

// Now, see 2) below for final customization step

function displaydesc(which, descriptionarray, container){
if (document.getElementById)
document.getElementById(container).innerHTML=descriptionarray[which.selectedIndex]
}

function jumptolink(what){
var selectedopt=what.options[what.selectedIndex]
if (document.getElementById && selectedopt.getAttribute("target")=="newwin")
window.open(selectedopt.value)
else if (selectedopt.getAttribute("target")!=null)
document.getElementById(selectedopt.getAttribute("target")).src=selectedopt.value
else
window.location=selectedopt.value
}

//2) Call function displaydesc() for each drop down menu you have on the page
// This function displays the initial description for the selected menu item
// displaydesc(name of select menu, name of corresponding text array, ID of SPAN container tag):
// Important: Remove the calls not in use (ie: 2nd line below if there's only 1 menu on your page)

displaydesc(document.form1.select1, thetext1, 'textcontainer1')
displaydesc(document.form2.select2, thetext2, 'textcontainer2')

</script>

<iframe id="iframe1" style="width: 800px; height: 500px"></iframe>

The code in red is new.

[2lick]

That didnt work for me an I copt and pasted your code right in and the target doesnt work. Any one else out there want to help PLEASE!!!

[ddadmin]

Hi:
It does work. The menu item News.com in the first drop down loads in the iframe.

[2lick]

Ok I understand it works in your code. However I can garentee that I have tried just what you typed. It does not work in mine. If you have time perhaps you can play with my code and see what happens.

Thanks also!! I have posted this on two websites and your the only reply in 2 weeks.

THANKS-NICK

[2lick]

I am very sorry I owe you an apollogy. I found my error. Your code modification worked perfectly for me. Thanks again so much this helped me out big time.

Thanks-NICK