MULTIPLE attribute

CS 105 Gossip Corner: Discussions related to lab assignments: Questions Regarding Lab 8: Forms and CGI Scripts: MULTIPLE attribute
By
Lichtman, Karen M. (02kml) on Sunday, November 15, 1998 - 10:21 pm:

The multiple attribute doesn't seem to work. I type

<SELECT NAME="favorite character" SIZE=3 MULTIPLE>

and all I get is a regular scroll box, 3 lines high, but it only lets me select one item at a time.


By Tom Murtagh (Admin) on Sunday, November 15, 1998 - 10:28 pm:

On some browsers (Netscape on the Mac in particular), the MULTIPLE option only allows you to select multiple adjacent entries in a selection. If you can do this, then your HTML is correct and you can just blame it on the browser.

Tom


By Lichtman, Karen M. (02kml) on Monday, November 16, 1998 - 12:59 pm:

Ack! It won't let me select even multiple adjacent attributes. Do I have to just include multiple pop-up menus so that the user can choose multiple items that go together?


By Tom Murtagh (Admin) on Monday, November 16, 1998 - 08:10 pm:

I visited your form. I tried the menus associated with the "Which character" questions and I could select multiple adjacent items (did you hold down the shift key?). This won't be good enough for what you need, however. The only item that would let visitors select multiple choices in any way they want are check boxes. This will make each question take up quite a bit of room, but...

Tom


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