February 2005
Intermediate to advanced
528 pages
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English
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3.8. Dynamically Changing Select Options Using JavaScript
Problem
You want to use JavaScript to dynamically change the items displayed
in an HTML select element based on data retrieved
from your application's model.
Solution
Use the Struts
logic:iterate tag
to create JavaScript arrays for the different option sets. Then use a
JavaScript onchange
event handler to change the options set at
runtime. Example 3-8 shows a complete JSP page where
the JavaScript arrays are dynamically created using Struts tags. The
changeOptions
event handler function resets the options for the
select control using the JavaScript arrays.
Example 3-8. Generating DHTML using Struts
<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" language="java" %> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-bean.tld" prefix="bean" %> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-html.tld" prefix="html" %> <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/struts-logic.tld" prefix="logic" %> <html> <head> <title>Struts - JavaScript Example</title> <script language="JavaScript"> // Create the array for the first set of options fooArray = new Array( ); <logic:iterate id="fooValue" indexId="ctr" name="MyForm" property="fooList"> fooArray[<bean:write name="ctr"/>] = new Option("<bean:write name='fooValue'/>", "<bean:write name='fooValue'/>", false, false); </logic:iterate> // Create the array for the second set of options barArray = new Array( ); <logic:iterate id="barValue" indexId="ctr" name="MyForm" property="barList"> fooArray[<bean:write name="ctr"/>] = new Option("<bean:write ...Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
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