linking items in drop down menu

[rh317]

Hi.
I am trying to get the items in my drop down menu to be able to link to the page that corresponds to that item. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
rh317

[bill]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld rh317!

What sort of dropdowns are these? CSS, JavaScript, Java, DHTML? Could you paste a bit of the relevant code?

[rh317]

Hi. I am using dreamweaver/HTML.
Here is my code so far now i just don't know how to get it to go.
<select name="Select A product here">
<option selected>Select A Product</option>
<option>Critical Issues</option>
<option>Dimensions</option>
<option>Family Values</option>
<option>Holidays</option>

Thank you.

[stever]

You may want to look around for a script which uses javascript to convert the option values to links. Free ones are available and there is one which is particularly well-known in the DW world (since it is a commercial firm, I won't drop the URL though).

[Poppy122]

I got this code in this very forum. :)

<form name="jump">
<select name="menu" onChange="location=document.jump.menu.options[document.jump.menu.selectedIndex].value;" value="GO">
<option value="a1.htm">A1</option>
<option value="b1.htm">B1</option>
<option value="c1.htm">C1</option>
<option value="d1.htm">D1</option>
<option value="e1.htm">E1</option>
<option value="f1.htm">F1</option>
</select>
</form>

[rh317]

thanks everyone!
I actually tried the code that poppy wrote and it didn't work. is there another step that I am missing?

[pageoneresults]

Try this one...

<form method="post" action="return false;">
<div>
<select onchange="location.href=this.value;">
<option value="#"></option>
<option value="#"></option>
<option value="#"></option>
</select>
</div>
</form>

[Poppy122]

>>>>>>>>>>>>>
thanks everyone!
I actually tried the code that poppy wrote and it didn't work. is there another step that I am missing?
>>>>>>>>>>>>

a1.htm needs to be the complete url.
A1 would be the link text.

Works great for me.

[rh317]

Thanks!
I tried Poppys code again and it worked. Now i have another question :).
Does anyone know how to program in a search?