Say I have this dropdown:
Actually, using the code below will remove a dropdown option just fine in IE, as long as it is not the selected option (it will not work on "a" without deselecting that option first):
var dropDownField = $('#theOptions2');
dropDownField.children('option:contains("b")').remove();
You just run this to remove whatever option you want to remove under a conditional statement with the first group (theOptions1) - that if one of those is selected, you run these lines:
var dropDownField = $('#theOptions2');
if ($('#theOptions1').val() == "2") {
dropDownField.children('option:contains("c")').remove();
}
if ($('#theOptions1').val() == "3") {
$("#theOptions2 :selected").removeAttr("selected");
$('#theOptions2').val('b');
dropDownField.children('option:contains("a")').remove();
}
-Tom
This works (tested in Safari 4.0.1, FF 3.0.13):
$(document).ready(function() {
//copy the second select, so we can easily reset it
var selectClone = $('#theOptions2').clone();
$('#theOptions1').change(function() {
var val = parseInt($(this).val());
//reset the second select on each change
$('#theOptions2').html(selectClone.html())
switch(val) {
//if 2 is selected remove C
case 2 : $('#theOptions2').find('option:contains(c)').remove();break;
//if 3 is selected remove A
case 3 : $('#theOptions2').find('option:contains(a)').remove();break;
}
});
});
And the beautiful UI:
<select id="theOptions1">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
</select>
<br />
<select id="theOptions2">
<option value="a">a</option>
<option value="b">b</option>
<option value="c">c</option>
</select>
try this. this will definitely work
$(document).ready(function () {
var oldValue;
var oldText;
var className = '.ddl';
$(className)
.focus(function () {
oldValue = this.value;
oldText = $(this).find('option:selected').text();
})
.change(function () {
var newSelectedValue = $(this).val();
if (newSelectedValue != "") {
$('.ddl').not(this).find('option[value="' + newSelectedValue + '"]').remove();
}
if ($(className).not(this).find('option[value="' + oldValue + '"]').length == 0) { // NOT EXIST
$(className).not(this).append('<option value=' + oldValue + '>' + oldText + '</option>');
}
$(this).blur();
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<form action="/Home/Ex2" method="post">
<select class="ddl" id="A1" name="A1">
<option value="">Select</option>
<option value="1">A</option>
<option value="2">B</option>
<option value="3">C</option>
<option value="4">D</option>
</select>
<hr />
<select class="ddl" id="A2" name="A2">
<option value="">Select</option>
<option value="1">A</option>
<option value="2">B</option>
<option value="3">C</option>
<option value="4">D</option>
</select>
<hr />
<select class="ddl" id="A3" name="A3">
<option value="">Select</option>
<option value="1">A</option>
<option value="2">B</option>
<option value="3">C</option>
<option value="4">D</option>
</select>
<hr />
<select class="ddl" id="A4" name="A4">
<option value="">Select</option>
<option value="1">A</option>
<option value="2">B</option>
<option value="3">C</option>
<option value="4">D</option>
</select>
<hr />
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Save Data" id="btnSubmit" />
</form>
You can add classes to your <option>
s to store which go with each value of #theOptions1
:
<select id="theOptions2">
<option value="a" class="option-1 option-2">a</option>
<option value="b" class="option-1 option-2 option-3">b</option>
<option value="c" class="option-1 option-3">c</option>
</select>
then do this:
$(function() {
var allOptions = $('#theOptions2 option').clone();
$('#theOptions1').change(function() {
var val = $(this).val();
$('#theOptions2').html(allOptions.filter('.option-' + val));
});
});
For the record you can NOT remove options in a select list in Internet Explorer.