• Here have two list field menu. First brand second item
• I want if we select brand IBM that item will select IBM too
• In other hand, if we select brand HP that item will select HP too

How to do that in javascript.

<select name="brand">
  <option>Please Select</option>
  <option>IBM</option>
  <option>HP</option>
</select>

<select name="item">
  <option>Please Select</option>
  <option>IBM</option>
  <option>HP</option>  
</select>

• Here have two list field menu. First brand second item
• I want if we select brand IBM that item will select IBM too
• In other hand, if we select brand HP that item will select HP too

How to do that in javascript.

<select name="brand">
  <option>Please Select</option>
  <option>IBM</option>
  <option>HP</option>
</select>

<select name="item">
  <option>Please Select</option>
  <option>IBM</option>
  <option>HP</option>  
</select>

• javascript
• drop-down-menu
• listfield

• 2 I remend that you add ID attributes to your select elements. Most of the answers below are using document.getElementById('brand') and document.getElementById('name'). – Dan Polites Commented Dec 29, 2009 at 14:26

3 Answers 3

I noticed your options line up with one another, so you could simply reflect the selectedIndex in in the second from the first:

document.getElementById("brand").onchange = function(){
  document.getElementById("item").selectedIndex = this.selectedIndex;
}

 <select name="brand" id="brand" onchange="document.getElementById('item').value = document.getElementById('brand').value">
   <option>Please Select</option>
   <option>IBM</option>
   <option>HP</option>
 </select>

 <select name="item" id="item">
   <option>Please Select</option>
   <option>IBM</option>
   <option>HP</option>  
 </select>

You can add an onchange attribute to your brand select element. When a brand is selected, then the selectItem function will be called, which in turn can select the item that matches the value in the item select element. Also, I remend that you give IDs to your select elements so that you can use document.getElementById("brand").

<select id="brand" name="brand" onchange="selectItem(this.selectedIndex);">
  <option>Please Select</option>
  <option>IBM</option>
  <option>HP</option>
</select>

Here is the DOM reference for the select element: http://www.w3schools./jsref/dom_obj_select.asp