[thelist] Some more simple JavaScript

[Christian Heilmann]

Chris Kavanagh wrote:

> Dear list,
>
> I tried to Google for this but it didn't work out.  In this form I 
> have a selectable list that contains all the months, like so:
>
> <select size="1" name="Month">
>           <option value="01">Jan</option>
>           <option value="02">Feb</option>
>           <option value="03">Mar</option>
>           <option value="04">Apr</option>
>           <option value="05">May</option>
>           <option value="06">Jun</option>
>           <option value="07">Jul</option>
>           <option value="08">Aug</option>
>           <option value="09">Sep</option>
>           <option value="10">Oct</option>
>           <option value="11">Nov</option>
>           <option value="12">Dec</option>
> </select>
>
> I'd like the current month to be initially selected, and I need to use 
> JavaScript to do it.  I managed to figure out how to get the current 
> month by virtue of some JavaScript:
>
> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript">
>     var now = new Date();
>         var thisYear = now.getYear();
>         var thisMonth = now.getMonth();
>         var thisHour = now.getHours();
>         var thisMinute = now.getMinutes();
> </SCRIPT>
>
> But where do I go from here?  I guess I need to put something like 
> this in each <option> tag:
>
> if thisYear = 1, then "selected"
>
> Is this doable?  Sorry I'm such a Java noob.  It's all kinda alien to 
> me, but I am trying.

Yes, but there is a much easier way: getMonth() returns the current  
month starting from 0 and ranging up  to 11. Every select has an  array 
of its options and the selectedIndex value defines which one is 
selected. Put both together and you are done:

http://www.zen32721.zen.co.uk/monthselect.html

HTH
Chris