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Add drop-down selector in header?

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:12 am

by tomjohnson1492

I'd like to add a drop-down selector in the header.xhtml file that looks like this:

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  <form>

        <select name="URL" onchange="window.location.href=this.form.URL.options[this.form.URL.selectedIndex].value">

            <option value="">Choose a site</option>

            <option value="http://example.com/java/index.html" target="_top">Java</option>

            <option value="http://example.com/net/index.html" target="_parent">.NET</option>

            <option value="http://example.com/cpp/index.html" target="_top">C++</option>

            <option value="http://example.com/php/index.html" target="_parent">PHP</option>

        </select>

    </form>

This way users can jump quickly to other help files. However, since the webhelp is frame-based, the new URL loads inside a frame and doesn't actually change the page. How can I make it so that when users select another option, a different URL loads?

Re: Add drop-down selector in header?

Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:51 am

by sorin_ristache

If you want to change the entire page you have to set the option value in the parent window:

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<form>

    <select name="URL" onchange="window.parent.location.href=this.form.URL.options[this.form.URL.selectedIndex].value">

    . . .

Re: Add drop-down selector in header?

Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 9:02 am

by tomjohnson1492

sweet. i think that works. thanks!