teeandee — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 10:59:50 +0000

Code was generated in Dreamweaver. Haven't uploaded it to the site yet as it's still under construction but if you're really interested the url is merewilts.org Having a few probs with css display and ie6. Any tips will be gratefully received (still a code numpty). Still getting my head around css after working with tables for years. Ahh halcyon days, it was all so simple then.
And another thing while I'm here, why is it when positioning with css I can set the positions of things which look fine in IE7 but slightly out in Firefox?

mscreashuns — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:47:46 +0000

Aah. I figured it was some sort of generated code, but I was curious exactly how they were going about it.

Greg K — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 14:06:23 +0000

MM_whatever functions are usually js functions that Dreamweaver auto inserts for certain web features. In this case, in Dreamweaver there is a button on the toolbar to open up an editor to make a jump menu for you, so you don't actually have to hand code the thing.

Here is the code for the MM_jumpMenu:

function MM_jumpMenuGo(selName,targ,restore){ //v3.0
  var selObj = MM_findObj(selName); if (selObj) MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore);
}

Here is the other two functions that go with it:

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.0
  var p,i,x; if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
  d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && document.getElementById) x=document.getElementById(n); return x;
}
function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
  eval(targ+".location='"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value+"'");
  if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;
}

-Greg

mscreashuns — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 12:40:28 +0000

Not a problem. I am curious though: is the original code you had something you found online/downloaded, and if so, could you post a link to it? If you wrote it, could you post the rest of the code? I'm curious what is actually happening in the MM_jumpMenuGo() function.

teeandee — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 09:12:04 +0000

Just tried out your code, works a treat. Thanks mate.

mscreashuns — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:43:57 +0000

I feel as if some Javascript is missing from your code (in fact, I'm assuming this isn't your entire HTML code. Perhaps if you could copy and paste the rest or give us a direct link to the page, we could help modify the code you're working with.

On the other hand, to open in a new window, you can use a code like this:

<form name="form" id="form">
<select name="jumpMenu" size="1" id="jumpMenu">
<option value="http://www.yapp.co.uk/" selected="selected">Yapp Brothers Wine Merchants</option>
<option value="http://www.hillbrush.com/index.htm">Hill Brush Company Ltd</option>
<option value="http://www.southwilts.co.uk/site/Mere-Library/">Mere Library</option>
<option value="http://www.conundrumtheshop.co.uk/">Conundrum</option>
</select>
<input type="button" name="go_button" id= "go_button" value="Go" onclick="window.open(form.jumpMenu.value,'parent',0)" />
</form>

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You can find more information about the 'window.open' Javascript function at W3's tutorial page:
http://www.w3schools.com/htmldom/met_win_open.asp