Conditional DropDown List Javascript and HTML

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I'm trying to make a a webpage that has a conditional dropdown box using html and javascript. Say it's a certain day in the week like Monday I need a different dropdown box with different options when it's Thursday; however some days may have the same options. Originally I had two drop down box one when the person clicked what day it was and then the dropdown box would appear, but I was wondering if there was a way to do this automatically using a javascript function and also creating a function that only displays a certain dropdown list.

<html>
 <head></head>
 <body>
    <div id="myQuestions">
        <select id="QuestionOptions">
            <option value disalbe selected>What Day is it?</option>
            <option value="A">Monday</option>
            <option value="A">Tuesday</option>
            <option value="B">Wednesday</option>
            <option value="B">Thursday</option>
            <option value="B">Friday</option>
            <option value="A">Saturday</option>
            <optoin value="A">Sunday</optoin>
        </select>
    </div>
    <div id="myAnswers">
        <div id="A" style="display: none;">
            <div id="QuestionC">
                <p>Exapmle of question.</p>
            </div>
            <div id="QuestionD">
                <select id="QuestionOptionsD">
                    <option value disalbe selected>Choose Your Answer</option>
                    <option value="G">Answer G</option>
                    <option value="H">Answer H</option>
                </select>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div id="B" style="display: none;">
            <div id="QuestionE">
                <p>Exmaple of another question.</p>
            </div>
            <div id="QuestionF">
                <select id="QuestionOptionsF">
                    <option value disalbe selected>Choose Your Answer</option>
                    <option value="I">Answer I</option>
                    <option value="J">Answer J</option>
                </select>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

yes there are a few ways to do this with JS. what's your problem/question? What are your attempts to solving this? Where did you get stuck? — Thomas
– Thomas, Commented Dec 24, 2016 at 17:21

Jyothi Babu Araja · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-24 17:23:19Z

If i understood your requirement correctly. This is what you are looking for using jquery

$("#QuestionOptions").change(function(){
  $("#A,#B").hide();
  if($(this).val() == "A"){
    $("#A").show();
  }else{
     $("#B").show(); 
  }
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<html>
 <head></head>
 <body>
    <div id="myQuestions">
        <select id="QuestionOptions">
            <option value disalbe selected>What Day is it?</option>
            <option value="A">Monday</option>
            <option value="A">Tuesday</option>
            <option value="B">Wednesday</option>
            <option value="B">Thursday</option>
            <option value="B">Friday</option>
            <option value="A">Saturday</option>
            <optoin value="A">Sunday</optoin>
        </select>
    </div>
    <div id="myAnswers">
        <div id="A" style="display: none;">
            <div id="QuestionC">
                <p>Exapmle of question.</p>
            </div>
            <div id="QuestionD">
                <select id="QuestionOptionsD">
                    <option value disalbe selected>Choose Your Answer</option>
                    <option value="G">Answer G</option>
                    <option value="H">Answer H</option>
                </select>
            </div>
        </div>
        <div id="B" style="display: none;">
            <div id="QuestionE">
                <p>Exmaple of another question.</p>
            </div>
            <div id="QuestionF">
                <select id="QuestionOptionsF">
                    <option value disalbe selected>Choose Your Answer</option>
                    <option value="I">Answer I</option>
                    <option value="J">Answer J</option>
                </select>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

billyzaelani · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-24 18:04:46Z

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Check out my JSFidle. Most of code on javascript, remove some html element that doesn't needed.

answered Dec 24, 2016 at 18:04

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · 2016-12-25 10:51:13Z

With Dynamic options

var dynamic_options = {
  'A': [{
    value: "1",
    text: "Option 1"
  }, {
    value: "2",
    text: "Option 2"
  }],

  'B': [{
    value: "3",
    text: "Option 3"
  }, {
    value: "4",
    text: "Option 4"
  }]
};

$(function() {
  var answers = $('#myAnswers').find('select');
  $('#myQuestions').on('change', 'select', function(e) {
    var options = dynamic_options[this.value] || [];
    answers.find('option:gt(0)').remove();
    $.each(options, function(i, option) {
      answers.append($('<option>').prop(option));
    });
  });
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="myQuestions">
  <select>
    <option value=''>What Day is it?</option>
    <option value="A">Monday</option>
    <option value="A">Tuesday</option>
    <option value="B">Wednesday</option>
    <option value="B">Thursday</option>
    <option value="B">Friday</option>
    <option value="A">Saturday</option>
    <optoin value="A">Sunday</optoin>
  </select>
</div>
<div id="myAnswers">
  <div>
    <p>Exapmle of question.</p>
  </div>
  <div>
    <select>
      <option value=''>Choose Your Answer</option>
    </select>
  </div>
</div>

BTW, to disable an option in select, use attribute disabled, whereas you have used disalbe.

Catherine Park · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-29 07:33:05Z

The following code makes the option selected when the value is matched with the option value.

<html>
 <head></head>
 <body>
<label>Quantity:</label><br><br>
<select name="qty" id="qty">
    <option value="50">50</option>
    <option value="100">100</option>
    <option value="150">150</option>
    <option value="200">200</option>
    <option value="250">250</option>
    <option value="300">300</option>
    <option value="350">350</option>
    <option value="400">400</option>
    <option value="450">450</option>
    <option value="500">500</option>
</select>

<script>
     $(document).ready(function(){
       $('#qty option[value={{ $qty }}]').attr('selected','selected');
   });
</script>
</body>
</html>

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