// ===================================================================// Author: Matt Kruse <matt@mattkruse.com>// WWW: http://www.mattkruse.com///// NOTICE: You may use this code for any purpose, commercial or// private, without any further permission from the author. You may// remove this notice from your final code if you wish, however it is// appreciated by the author if at least my web site address is kept.//// You may *NOT* re-distribute this code in any way except through its// use. That means, you can include it in your product, or your web// site, or any other form where the code is actually being used. You// may not put the plain javascript up on your site for download or// include it in your javascript libraries for download. // If you wish to share this code with others, please just point them// to the URL instead.// Please DO NOT link directly to my .js files from your site. Copy// the files to your server and use them there. Thank you.// ===================================================================// HISTORY// ------------------------------------------------------------------// June 30, 2003: Added support for multiple default options// June 5, 2001: Created/* DESCRIPTION: This library allows you to create dynamic select list contents,when the options in a list depend on which item is selected in another list.It correctly supports multiple selection lists, including maintaining theselected state of dynamic options.COMPATABILITY: Works with Netscape 4.x, 6.x, IE 4.x, 5.x.Not guaranteed to work correctly in Netscape 3.x, or Opera 5 (currentversion of Opera does not support new Option()! ).USAGE:// Create a new DynamicOptionList object// Pass it the NAME of its select list, then the NAME of each list that it// is dependent on. In this example, the contents of the SELECT list named// "B" is being defined, and its contents depend on this value selected in// list "A"var listB = new DynamicOptionList("B","A");// Add options to the list// The contents of this list depend on the value selected in "A". So, the // first argument to this function is the value of "A" which these values// correspond to. Then text/value pairs follow as the other arguments.// In this example, if list "A" has "West" selected as its value, then the// contents of list "B" will be "California" and "Washington".// You can add as many options as you wish in this call, or you may separate// it into just one option added per call to addOptions()// Option text value (display) is first, then value.listB.addOptions("West","California","California","Washington","Washington");// When the new list is generated, you can set which of the options will be// the default selected value. The first argument to this function is the// value of the parent list that this default corresponds to.// In this example, if list "A" as "West" selected then list "B" will be// populated with "California" as the default option.// To specify multiple default options, just pass multiple values!listB.setDefaultOption("West","California");// This example creates a third-level list// The contents of list "C" depend on the values selected in both list "A"// and list "B". So when the new DynamicOptionList object is created, it is// passed both "A" and "B" as the parent select listsvar listC = new DynamicOptionList("C","A","B");// The contents of list "C" depend on both "A" and "B". So when the contents// of list "C" are defined, they must be given for each possible combination// of the selected values of "A" and "B". This is done by combining the values// with a delimiter character. The default delimiter is "|" - this may be// changed by calling setDelimiter(value).// In this example, list "C" will contain the options "Los Angeles" and // "San Diego" if the value of list "A" is "West" and the value of list "B" is// "California". Similar style is used when defining the default option.listC.addOptions("West|California","Los Angeles","Los Angeles","San Diego","San Diego");// Once the lists are defined (presumably in the HEAD of your HTML document)// then several changes need to be made in the HTML itself to trigger the// population of the lists.// Add calls in the onLoad of your BODY tag to initialize the dynamic lists.// Pass a reference to the FORM that they belong to. This must be done onLoad// of the document because before that point the FORM object does not exist.<BODY onLoad="listB.init(document.forms[0]); listC.init(document.forms[0]);">// In each of the parent select lists, add an onChange handler to trigger the// population of the child lists. populate() must be called on each list that// depends on this select element. Since list "B" depends on "A" and list "C"// depends on both "A" and "B", both must be populated when "A" is changed.// When list "B" is changed, only list "C" needs to be populated.<SELECT NAME="A" onChange="listB.populate(); listC.populate();">...<SELECT NAME="B" onChange="listC.populate();">// Netscape<6 does not create new Options correctly. If you have no OPTION // tags in your SELECT list, newly-created OPTIONS will not display correctly.// Also, Netscape does not change the size of the SELECT list depending on its// contents. So if it is empty by default and then is populated with options,// it will not expand to fit the whole text in the option space.// To work around these bugs, blank OPTION tags are generated for Netscape.// The last OPTION tag is given display text equal to the longest possible // OPTION text value that the list will ever hold. This ensures that there will// be enough room to display all possible values in the SELECT list.// Call printOptions() inside the SELECT list to generate these blank OPTION// tags. For browsers other than Netscape<=4.x, this will not do anything.// NOTE: In this example, the SCRIPT and /SCRIPT are split up because// otherwise Netscape gets confused. In your actual source, do NOT include the// space between R and I.<SELECT NAME="B" onChange="listC.populate();">	<SCR IPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">listB.printOptions();</SCR IPT></SELECT>// That's it! That is all that is required to make the lists function.NOTES:	None*/ // CONSTRUCTOR// Pass in the name of the element, then the names of the lists it depends onfunction DynamicOptionList() {	if (arguments.length < 2) { alert("Not enough arguments in DynamicOptionList()"); }	// Name of the list containing dynamic values	this.target = arguments[0];	// Set the lists that this dynamic list depends on	this.dependencies = new Array();	for (var i=1; i<arguments.length; i++) {		this.dependencies[this.dependencies.length] = arguments[i];		}	// The form this list belongs to	this.form = null;	// Place-holder for currently-selected values of dependent select lists	this.dependentValues = new Object();	// Hold default values to be selected for conditions	this.defaultValues = new Object();	// Storage for the dynamic values	this.options = new Object();	// Delimiter between dependent values	this.delimiter = "|";	// Logest string currently a potential options (for Netscape)	this.longestString = "";	// The total number of options that might be displayed, to build dummy options (for Netscape)	this.numberOfOptions = 0;	// Method mappings	this.addOptions = DynamicOptionList_addOptions;	this.populate = DynamicOptionList_populate;	this.setDelimiter = DynamicOptionList_setDelimiter;	this.setDefaultOption = DynamicOptionList_setDefaultOption;	this.printOptions = DynamicOptionList_printOptions;	this.init = DynamicOptionList_init;	}// Set the delimiter to something other than | when defining condition valuesfunction DynamicOptionList_setDelimiter(val) {	this.delimiter = val;	}// Set the default option to be selected when the list is paintedfunction DynamicOptionList_setDefaultOption(condition, val) {	if (typeof this.defaultValues[condition] == "undefined" || this.defaultValues[condition]==null) {		this.defaultValues[condition] = new Object();		}	for (var i=1; i<arguments.length; i++) {		this.defaultValues[condition][arguments[i]]=1;		}	}// Init call to map the form to the object and populate itfunction DynamicOptionList_init(theform) {	this.form = theform;	this.populate();	}// Add options to the list.// Pass the condition string, then the list of text/value pairs that populate the list	function DynamicOptionList_addOptions(dependentValue) {	if (typeof this.options[dependentValue] != "object") { this.options[dependentValue] = new Array(); }	for (var i=1; i<arguments.length; i+=2) {		// Keep track of the longest potential string, to draw the option list		if (arguments[i].length > this.longestString.length) {			this.longestString = arguments[i];			}		this.numberOfOptions++;		this.options[dependentValue][this.options[dependentValue].length] = arguments[i];		this.options[dependentValue][this.options[dependentValue].length] = arguments[i+1];		}	}// Print dummy options so Netscape behaves nicelyfunction DynamicOptionList_printOptions() {	// Only need to write out "dummy" options for Netscape    if ((navigator.appName == 'Netscape') && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) <= 4)){		var ret = "";		for (var i=0; i<this.numberOfOptions; i++) { 			ret += "<OPTION>";			}		ret += "<OPTION>"		for (var i=0; i<this.longestString.length; i++) {			ret += "_";			}		document.writeln(ret);		}	}// Populate the listfunction DynamicOptionList_populate() {	var theform = this.form;	var i,j,obj,obj2;	// Get the current value(s) of all select lists this list depends on	this.dependentValues = new Object;	var dependentValuesInitialized = false;	for (i=0; i<this.dependencies.length;i++) {		var sel = theform[this.dependencies[i]];		var selName = sel.name;		// If this is the first dependent list, just fill in the dependentValues		if (!dependentValuesInitialized) {			dependentValuesInitialized = true;			for (j=0; j<sel.options.length; j++) {				if (sel.options[j].selected) {					this.dependentValues[sel.options[j].value] = true;					}				}			}		// Otherwise, add new options for every existing option		else {			var tmpList = new Object();			var newList = new Object();			for (j=0; j<sel.options.length; j++) {				if (sel.options[j].selected) {					tmpList[sel.options[j].value] = true;					}				}			for (obj in this.dependentValues) {				for (obj2 in tmpList) {					newList[obj + this.delimiter + obj2] = true;					}				}			this.dependentValues = newList;			}		}	var targetSel = theform[this.target];			// Store the currently-selected values of the target list to maintain them (in case of multiple select lists)	var targetSelected = new Object();	for (i=0; i<targetSel.options.length; i++) {		if (targetSel.options[i].selected) {			targetSelected[targetSel.options[i].value] = true;			}		}	targetSel.options.length = 0; // Clear all target options			for (i in this.dependentValues) {		if (typeof this.options[i] == "object") {			var o = this.options[i];			for (j=0; j<o.length; j+=2) {				var text = o[j];				var val = o[j+1];				targetSel.options[targetSel.options.length] = new Option(text, val, false, false);				if (typeof this.defaultValues[i] != "undefined" && this.defaultValues[i]!=null) {					for (def in this.defaultValues[i]) {						if (def == val) {							targetSelected[val] = true;							}						}					}				}			}		}	targetSel.selectedIndex=-1;		// Select the options that were selected before	for (i=0; i<targetSel.options.length; i++) {		if (targetSelected[targetSel.options[i].value] != null && targetSelected[targetSel.options[i].value]==true) {			targetSel.options[i].selected = true;			}		}	}