I have searching the web for a while and still I cant find an answer, I have three drop-down menus on my site.
I use them for accepting user preferences so the user can control the output of results.
So I want to know if its possible for the value to be taken out of the other 2 dropdowns if its selected in one.
for example if the user selects movies in the first one it wont be in the others.
here is my dropdowns
<select id="pref1select">
<option value="P">Preference One</option>
<option value="M">Movie</option>
<option value="T">Tv</option>
<option value="G">Games</option>
</select>
<select id="pref2select">
<option value="P">Preference Two</option>
<option value="M">Movie</option>
<option value="T">Tv</option>
<option value="G">Games</option>
</select>
<select id="pref3select">
<option value="P">Preference Three</option>
<option value="M">Movie</option>
<option value="T">Tv</option>
<option value="G">Games</option>
</select>
This will disable it, but not remove it.
Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/p2SFA/1/
HTML: (Added .preferenceSelect
class) and jQuery
:
$(document).ready(function() {
$(".preferenceSelect").change(function() {
// Get the selected value
var selected = $("option:selected", $(this)).val();
// Get the ID of this element
var thisID = $(this).prop("id");
// Reset so all values are showing:
$(".preferenceSelect option").each(function() {
$(this).prop("disabled", false);
});
$(".preferenceSelect").each(function() {
if ($(this).prop("id") != thisID) {
$("option[value='" + selected + "']", $(this)).prop("disabled", true);
}
});
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id="pref1select" class="preferenceSelect">
<option value="P">Preference One</option>
<option value="M">Movie</option>
<option value="T">Tv</option>
<option value="G">Games</option>
</select>
<select id="pref2select" class="preferenceSelect">
<option value="P">Preference Two</option>
<option value="M">Movie</option>
<option value="T">Tv</option>
<option value="G">Games</option>
</select>
<select id="pref3select" class="preferenceSelect">
<option value="P">Preference Three</option>
<option value="M">Movie</option>
<option value="T">Tv</option>
<option value="G">Games</option>
</select>
If you want it removed, you will probably have to make jQuery
know what to insert when it has reset because a new choice is made :)