h ref link in drop down list.

[will_1990]

Hi everyone,

 

I have the need to create a dropdown list and when an item is selected I would like to start a file download via a h ref link eg h ref "http://server1/sadf/file.xls"

 

Is this even possible - I have read that it may not be possible to use a h ref in an options list as obviously they are normally used to pass information in a form to the server.

 

Am I going about this the wrong way?

 

Any advice would be greatly appreciated or any other alternatives!

 

Many thanks,

 

Will

 

 

[haku]

You can't put anchor tags inside options.

 

You should add an <input> button that triggers the download after a selection has been made. Then you can use javascript to hide that button, and set an onchange handler to the select element so that when the user selects an item, the download automatically stops.