Drop Down and Combo Box Navigation
A series of tutorials on different ways you can set up drop down selection lists and combo boxes for your site navigation.
Site Navigation Introduction
What is a drop down list and how do you create one.
What is a drop down list and how do you create one.
Drop Down Navigation
How to code the drop down list for simple navigation.
How to code the drop down list for simple navigation.
PHP Script
If your server supports PHP (or some other server side scripting language) then you can get the drop down to work on all browsers by calling a server side script.
If your server supports PHP (or some other server side scripting language) then you can get the drop down to work on all browsers by calling a server side script.
Javascript Only
Here is a way to get the drop down navigation working with Javascript if your server doesn't support server side scripting.
Here is a way to get the drop down navigation working with Javascript if your server doesn't support server side scripting.
No Button Navigation
With a Javascript solution you don't need a button, you can set the navigation to work directly with the drop down list.
With a Javascript solution you don't need a button, you can set the navigation to work directly with the drop down list.
All Browsers
Combine the server side and Javascript options together to give a buttonless option to those with Javascript while still having the drop down able to work (via the server side script) for those without Javascript.
Combine the server side and Javascript options together to give a buttonless option to those with Javascript while still having the drop down able to work (via the server side script) for those without Javascript.
Combo Box
HTML doesn't have a combo box option so we need to combine a text field with the drop down list to achieve the same result.
HTML doesn't have a combo box option so we need to combine a text field with the drop down list to achieve the same result.
Combo Navigator
By combining the combo box with the navigation scripting we have already looked at we can provide a list of common pages while still allowing our visitors to type in a different page name if they want.
By combining the combo box with the navigation scripting we have already looked at we can provide a list of common pages while still allowing our visitors to type in a different page name if they want.
Not Found
Ways of handling the situation where the value entered into the combo navigator is not a correct page reference.
Ways of handling the situation where the value entered into the combo navigator is not a correct page reference.