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Auto-submit Dropdown Menu

10.05.2005
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        Many users assume that a <select> element (dropdown menu)
will have its effect without pressing submit button.
(poor user...). The solution is to have it submit automatically.

<select name='myfield' onchange='this.form.submit()'>
<option .... >
...
</select>
</form>

Simply onchange='this.form.submit()'

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Snippets Manager replied on Mon, 2012/05/07 - 2:15pm

Remember to add a submit button for those who don't have javascript: ...
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