[Javascript] How to make a pulldown menu reset?

[David L.]

I tried using your suggestion, both within the <option> tag as well as in my 
function code and it didn't do anything.  any other ideas?


----Original Message Follows----
From: Rodney Myers <rmyers at i-way.co.uk>
Reply-To: javascript at LaTech.edu
To: javascript at LaTech.edu
Subject: Re: [Javascript] How to make a pulldown menu reset?
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 09:43:10 +0100

David,

Try in the SELECT

onchange="opengallery(this.form.galleries,700,700);this.selectedIndex=0;">

Rodney

"David L." wrote:
 >
 > When I have a pulldown menu that is used in conjunction with popping open 
a
 > separate window (page content based on the option selected), the pulldown
 > menu will stay stuck on the "selection" unless I have the page reload as
 > part of how I define my function.
 >
 > What lines of code can I use to make the pulldown menu reset to the 
default
 > item?
 >
 > Here is my current code:
 > <script language=javascript>
 > <!--
 >
 > function opengallery(newgallery,winwidth,winheight) {
 >         gallery = newgallery.options[newgallery.selectedIndex].value
 >
 >         if (gallery != "") {
 >                 
window.open(gallery,"gallerywindow","winwidth,winheight");
 >                 window.location.href='flash_photonav.html'; return false;
 >         }
 > }
 >
 > //end hiding-->
 > </script>
 >
 > Here is the HTML:
 > <!--
 > <select name="galleries"
 > onchange="opengallery(this.form.galleries,700,700)">
 >         <option value="" selected>view a gallery
 >         <option> _ _ _ _ _ _
 >         <option value=people.html>portrait gallery I
 >         <option value=people_II.html>portrait gallery II
 > </select>
 >
 > -->
 >
 > -- thanks, David

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