Selections from Drop Down Boxes Reset when trying to save webpage locally

[needname]

I have a website with many drop down boxes. So I'm using my webpage and making all the selections I want for the drop down boxes and then if I save the webpage to my harddrive, all the choices I made will be reset to the default selection automatically when I open the page again. Is there a way around this? CGI? Can anyone point me in the right direction, or better yet, tell me what I need to do to in order to be able to save the choices I made from my drop down boxes. Thanks in advance!

[mwinter]

if I save the webpage to my harddrive, all the choices I made will be reset to the default selection automatically when I open the page again.

When you save a document, all you are retrieving is the mark-up not the state. To accomplish what you want, you'll have to edit the mark-up itself.

To give a select element a default value you must add a selected attribute to the appropriate option element[1]:

<select ...>
  <!-- Options -->
  <option ... selected>...</option>
  <!-- More options -->
</select>

Mike


[1] ...or elements if the multiple attribute is set on the select element.