layout menu form

[buchannon]

Is there a simple way to change the default option selected in a layout menu? Here is the menu, and I have a variable caled "size" that the user can change, was just wondering if I could make "size" the default.

<form mehtod="get" action="test.asp">
<select title="Select a Font Size" name="fontsize" id="FontSize" style="width:75px" class="layoutMenu">
<option value="10px">10px</option>
<option value="11px">11px</option>
<option value="12px" selected>12px</option>
<option value="13px">13px</option>
<option value="14px">14px</option>
<option value="15px">15px</option>
<option value="16px">16px</option>
<option value="17px">17px</option>
<option value="18px">18px</option>
<option value="19px">19px</option>
<option value="xx-large">extra Large</option>-->
</select>
<input type="submit" value="GO TO IT!">
</form>

[sde]

here is a way ...

<select title="Select a Font Size" name="fontsize" id="FontSize" style="width:75px" class="layoutMenu">
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
for(i=10;i<20;i++){

  document.write('<option value="'+i+'px"'); 
  if(size==i+'px'){document.write(' selected');}  
  document.write('>'+i+'px</option>\n');

}
document.write('<option value="xx-large"');
if(size=='xx-large'){document.write(' selected');}
document.write('>xx-large</option>\n');

-->
</script>
</select>

i see you're using asp, why not just do this server-side?

[buchannon]

I thought ASP was server side...

[sde]

asp is server-side, but i thought you were asking for help doing this with javascript since you posted this in the html/javascript forum.

[sde]

ok, let me clarify.. anything that is javascript, i.e. you are using <script language=javascript>, executes on the client side.

even though you are coding on an asp page, it's not getting processed server-side unless you are inside the <% %> tags. if you are between those tags, you can use vbscript ( i think javascript too ) to process thing before the page is served to the client.

if you wanted to know how to do this in asp (vb) , then you should probably post it in the MS technologies forum, .. but i tested my example and it will work for a javascript solution.

the thing is that your javascript variables are completely different than your asp variables since they execute 2 seperate ways ( client / server )

i'm not sure your level of understanding, so i appologize if i am explaining some things you already know.

[buchannon]

Don't worry about offending me, I am just happy for your help. I understand JS being client side, and the ASP being Server Side.

I got it figured out using VB ASP. At least I got it figured out thus far... I'm sure I'll have another problem in about 10 min. Thanks for the help sde!

[sde]

i find it funny that your job is worried about 'vulnerabilities' with php, and they run a windows web server

[buchannon]

hehe... I have no idea. Maybe they are just too lazy to install PHP. I can't imagine it being that hard to do but who knows...

The positive part of this is that I'm learning some basic ASP which is (to my understanding) a lot more powerful than JS anyway. So I'm not really loosing out on much ? Or is PHP > ASP?