coding text boxes

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is there a way to code this
http://i51.tinypic.com/efqsgi.gif[^]

if you didn't get what is happening in the picture:
when you click on a text box it expands and also has a select menu to the right

here is an example i found:
http://jsbin.com/uduzo[^]

Posted 21-Dec-10 23:05pm

zitlem

Updated 21-Dec-10 23:31pm

Tarun.K.S

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Dylan Morley 22-Dec-10 5:18am

Yes, there is a way to code that.

Is that your question, or is it 'give me all the code required to do that'?

Ankur^\m/ 23-Dec-10 0:01am

I am sure that was your down-vote that didn't make much difference to the score.
Someone tries to help you and you return him a low-vote. If you give me one valid reason why you voted it down, I will accept it happily. Or else I request you to reconsider it.

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Ankur^\m/ · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-22T00:05:00

Solution 1

Yes there is and let me tell you how. But you have to try and code it yourself.

i) On your web page add a text box. Now add a drop down list populated with required values and make it invisible.
Note: It is important to use the style display: none; for making it invisible rather than setting the visibility of the control to false.
ii) Then attach a JavaScript function on onclick of the text box.
This function will do following things:
a) Set the visibility of the text box to false. (Again, using the style display: none)
b) Set the visibility of the drop down to true.

You also need to take care of the styles of both the controls so that they lie exactly at the same place as shown in the picture.

It is not very hard. Give it a try. Get back in case you have issues.

Posted 22-Dec-10 0:05am

Ankur^\m/

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Dalek Dave 22-Dec-10 6:40am

Fair enough answer.

Ankur^\m/ 22-Dec-10 6:47am

Thanks, DD. This really deserves some good points. :)

zitlem 27-Dec-10 0:34am

how would the javascript look like (if-else?)

Ankur^\m/ 27-Dec-10 0:43am

Something like:
function showDropDown()
{
document.getElementById("TextBox1").style.display = "none";
document.getElementById("DropDownList1").style.display = "block";
}

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Ankur^\m/ 27-Dec-10 0:49am

You mail have to play with different values of 'display' for it to display properly on every browser.

Ankur^\m/ 27-Dec-10 0:54am

Btw, the link you have given uses jQuery (which is a JavaScript library) for the textbox animation. You can view source of the page to know how it is doing that.