I want to implement multiple linked drop down selection in my form. Meaning I want several drop down selections but they be linked so that only one selection may be made. For example: pick your age: 1 - 5 Pick your age: 6 - 20 Pick your age: 21-100 the numbers represent drop down choices Obviously you can only choose one age. What I am doing is presenting different advertisers ranging from high end, on top, to low end, on bottom according to their worth. The "pick your age" is going to also be representative of the relative worth of the selection, i.e. Choose performance, choose practical, choose economy. So can and how can i make different drop downs and they be linked so that the client can only choose one selection of the 3 menus?
I dont see why you want to have 3 drop downs, why not just have one and explain the "consequence" of their choice if you are saying that selecting a certain age impacts "worth"
This might work for what you want to do, take a look at it http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_optgroup
Doesnt mean that is what you sound like..... any good solutionizer needs to understand what is trying to be achieved (aka the requirement) and then propose the solution otherwise you get the GIGO affect
I'm not 100% clear on what you wish to accomplish, but it seems that what bthomas12 proposed gets to what you want. If not, know that you can not really 'link' drop down lists. There are two standard methods that could be used though. First is using scripting engine to set a behavior. The second is validation scripting. Using a behavior, you would use the 'on change' method of any drop-down to change the other two to 'nothing selected'. Or, after submission check the data and send the user back to the form with an error message if more than one list has a selection. In any case, to do what you are asking, a scripting language (any one) is required.