select other in dropdown - show please specify

[CharlieM]

I hope you can help me. I have searched the forum and found only half answers to this question posed to people who already half knew what to do.

I want to display a "please specify" field when a user selects "other" in a drop down.

I have tried setting up java script by using the drop down option in the java script tab as follows

--do-- = "show"
--that-- = "Please Specify"
--is-- = "!="
last box = "Other"

When I click apply or save the java script is not saved.

I am really struggling with it. Is it possible someone could give me a dummies walk through on how to show a field based on drop down selection.

Thanks
Charlie

[toddski07]

Make sure you select an action like "onblur" or "onchange"......it is the first part of the javascript area and kind of looks like it is not required for the bottom area....but you need to select an action as well.

Todd

[CharlieM]

thanks Toddski!

Unfortunately I had already tried that by the time you replied. It didn't help although it to now saves the Java script.

I have selected on change and it now saves the Java script but it doesn't do anything so "other" is always visible right from the page load. I have also tried setting the "please specify" field to hidden as standard but it stays hidden when I select "other".

I have also tried setting a java script action on the "please specify" field to hide it on load by setting...

on = load
--do-- = "hide"
--that-- = "Please Specify"
--is-- = "!="
last box = "blank"

And I have tried setting a java script action on the drop down set as follows...

on = load
--do-- = "hide"
--that-- = "Please Specify"
--is-- = "!="
last box = "Please Select" ( I have the default option on the drop down set to "Please Select")

this has also not helped either.

I am really stuck here, what am I doing wrong?

Thanks again
Charlie

[CharlieM]

sorry for blatently bumping this but I really need to sort this. I WILL make a sizeable donation once I have the whole thing working.

Thanks
Charlie

[CharlieM]

another cheeky bump. I wonder if anyone knows how to get this working?

[toddski07]

Sorry I don't have the answer for you. I know you state that you WILL make a sizeable donation once you have the whole thing working but my advice would be to make a commitment to the SMALL fee of a bronze subscriber. That way you are more than likely to get Rob or Hugh's help to answer your question. It is well worth the small price because they do an excellent job replying to subscriber questions. It's all a matter of workload....and community forum is last on the list and that's just a fact of the situation....and I can't blame them.

Todd

[CharlieM]

Thanks Todd!

I truly appreciate your time and attention. I seem to have solved the problem for now. I had a Joomla template which I had heavily modified and I tried going back to the standard version of that template which still didn't work. I tried different one which fixed the problem. I have no idea why but all I have to do now is modify this template to look like my modified version of the other one.

This is one of those situations where the time I would spend finding out what the issue was would outweigh any benefit.

I don't want to sound in the least bit ungrateful, and on this occasion and with this software I have discovered the software will perform as I need it to and is a good solid product but not all software released in this way with subscription support is.

I have been stung many times with subscription support on OS software and don't subscribe until I know that the software in question will perform the task I need. Very often when software is given away under GNU but support is chargeable it is a way around consumer laws and a way of making money out of a product which is not fit for purpose without ever having to make a refund.

I stress again that I do not believe that this is the case with Fabrik and I believe it to be a good, solid, honest product and business model at this time but wanted to explain my reason for never donating or subscribing until I know a product works. I'm a bit cynical I suppose but in this day and age I think you have to be.

I really hope this response is not misunderstood and it is seen that I am not casting any aspersions over Fabrik or it's creators. I just don't pay for something before I know A that is works and B that it does what I want it to.

[CharlieM]

Just wanted to say that I have now subscribed as I have decided I am going to use fabrik for a far more complex project which I am sure I will need support on. And simply because Fabrik obviously is a good piece of software and the devs behind it deserve to make a living from it!

Thanks!