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wendy
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Jun 12, 2006, 3:47 PM

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Hi - Thanks for all previous help. New question: I have some drop down options and I only want them to show up with an item is selected from the list. I tried using the javascript hide :<script type="text/javascript"> if ('$art_field8_je$') { document.write("Source: $art_field8_je$"); }</script> but it doesn't work. I supose that is because something is always selected (my drop downs are: select one, google, yahoo, print, web site, referral).

Basically, what I want to do is only have the drop down field and selection show up only if one of the options is selected - right now it shows up as "Source: Select One". Any way to do this?

Thanks,

Wendy


(This post was edited by wendy on Jun 12, 2006, 3:56 PM)


Donna
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Jun 13, 2006, 3:38 PM

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Re: [wendy] Do not show drop down field when none selected [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi Wendy,

Thanks for your post. :)

What you'd want to do in this case is remove the "Select One", so that the default option is blank. When you're setting up the field, set the dropdown like this:

Source (,Google,Yahoo,Print,Web Site, Referral)

By default, the dropdown will be blank, and the conditional statement will work. :)

Alternately, you could find a javascript programmer to write a script for you that changes the coding a little bit so that if art_field8 doesn't equal "Select One", it displays... but I'm not a javascript programmer, so I don't quite know the syntax for that.

I hope this helps. :)

Donna

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wendy
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Jun 13, 2006, 4:31 PM

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Re: [Donna] Do not show drop down field when none selected [In reply to] Can't Post
Great. I'll try it.


klramker
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Jul 27, 2006, 7:57 PM

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Re: [wendy] Do not show drop down field when none selected [In reply to] Can't Post
I would like to do something pretty much the same as what Wendy did, but I'm having difficulty trying to figure out where to put the script. Crazy Any suggestions or tips would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!Wink


MikeB
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Jul 29, 2006, 3:00 PM

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Re: [klramker] Do not show drop down field when none selected [In reply to] Can't Post
Hi klramker,

Thanks for posting! Smile

You would put this JavaScript code right on your template file wherever this field is being output. For example, if you'd like to add some conditional JavaScript to only output $lfieldX$ if a value is entered then you'll just add the conditional JavaScript anywhere in your templates that you see $lfieldX$.

If you're not able to get this up and running and you can provide me a copy of your template file that you're working with I'd be happy to have a look at this for you.

I hope this helps and if you have any other questions feel free to let me know! Smile

Cheers,
Mike Briggs - Product Specialist
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