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I have a Select list in an HTML page that has 2,500 selections. Can't help
it, nature of the beast. Do you know if there is a way to do a search/jump
within a Select list? I can jump to the first selection via first alpha
letter, then page down or scroll, etc., but I was wondering if there might
be a way or a tool that would permit search/jumping within the Select list.

TIA

Robert said:

> I have a Select list in an HTML page that has 2,500 selections. Can't help
> it, nature of the beast. Do you know if there is a way to do a search/jump
> within a Select list? I can jump to the first selection via first alpha
> letter, then page down or scroll, etc., but I was wondering if there might
> be a way or a tool that would permit search/jumping within the Select list.
>
> TIA

Er yes.

If you categorise your "list" you can have a section at the top of your page
that will allow you to jump down to the required section of your page.

Take a look at my software page to see if this is what *you* are talking about.
www.absey-vine.co.uk/software/

On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 15:31:33 GMT, Robert wrote:

>I have a Select list in an HTML page that has 2,500 selections. Can't help
>it, nature of the beast. Do you know if there is a way to do a search/jump

Then the design is maybe wrong.

Also try asking in alt.html.

Then again 22 seconds at www.google.com turned up
Searched the web for
html select list
Results 1 - 10 of about 9,320,000. Search took 0.48 seconds.

One hit starts off -
If you have a very large HTML SELECT list, finding the correct item can
be like looking for a needle in a haystack. For example, if you have a
list of a couple hundred names, finding a single one can be difficult.


Can't you subdivide? Some download sites do this sort of thing as a
script for example.

OS Version (20)
Card Model (15 out of 40)
Card Version (5 out of 10)
Driver Version (2 out of 2)

>within a Select list? I can jump to the first selection via first alpha
>letter, then page down or scroll, etc., but I was wondering if there might

Break into category section, like online ordering.

Common Countries listed (1-10)
----------- (a divider)
US States
------------(other countries)


>be a way or a tool that would permit search/jumping within the Select list.
>
>TIA
>

Me