rick.emmet Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Hi Everyone, I'm creating a web application in PHP and need to do a little front end development. I need to research a particular type of functionality and don't know what it's called. It's probably Javascript and I have seen it used on a number of sites, however, when I look at the source code for the page I can't figure out what I'm looking at (I see the functions, but can't determine causality). If I can get the name of the functionality, I should have no problem finding tutorials on the subject. What I'm looking for is similar in functionality to context menus with sub-menus. I can't have the submenus though, as the lists I will be using are too long and the users will have a difficult time scrolling through them. Sites such as AutoTrader.com have the type of functionality I'm looking for. If you select an auto “Make” from one pull down menu, the “Model” list in another pull down menu is loaded for that Maker. When the lists are long, this is a more user friendly approach. Can anyone tell me what the general term for this functionality is? Thanks a bunch! Cheers, Rick Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/254369-researching-functionality/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
requinix Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 First word is "AJAX". Second word is generally like "auto-populate" or "auto-generate" or something like that. But basically it's just AJAX. When the one list changes you do an AJAX request to find out what should go in the next list. (And then you put the items in there.) Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/254369-researching-functionality/#findComment-1304375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick.emmet Posted January 6, 2012 Author Share Posted January 6, 2012 Hi Requinix, Thanks for the quick reply! I just Googled AJAX and AUTO-POPULATE and the first site listed has exactly the functionality I need. It uses AJAX, JQuery and JSON. For anyone that's interested, I ran into an online book on JQuery - JQuery Fundamentals by Rebecca Murphy. It's at: http://jqfundamentals.com/ I just started reading it, so I can't really provide an opinion, but it looks very complete. Thanks again for the help! Cheers, Rick Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/254369-researching-functionality/#findComment-1304666 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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