[release] Dynamic Style Set Dropdown

Author: filburt1
Description: Chen's style set dropdown hack, extended description below.
Demo: None yet
Screenshot: http://www.vbulletintemplates.com/mo...=&postid=14502

Be sure to apply this mod to every template set you have! Otherwise the dropdown will disappear when you change style sets.

This is Chen's style dropdown without hacking. Unlike the style set dropdown mod released here, it doesn't require updating the code each time a style set is added/deleted. The tradeoff is that it adds one query to forumhome.

Unlike Chen's hack, this will not show how many people are using each style set (would mean more queries). But, just like his, this does not update your user CP style set, it only cookies you with a new style set.

[imported_cono]

great template mod! thanks.

[Smoothie]

Bit of a pain to change over, but works well, and I'm 1 less query then before.

[stark427]

another great hack Filburt

*clicks install*

[stark427]

Filburt

How could I make the combo box to change styles with a button next to it, and not automaticaly?

I mean - I would like the combo box to only be used for selecting the style and a button on the right with which you apply the change...

how can this be done?

thanx in advance

[filburt1]

Untested but try replacing $styledropdown on forumhome with:

$styledropdown <input type="button" value="Go"
    onClick="window.location = 'index.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&styleid='
    + document.newstyleid.value">

Then in phpinclude get rid of the onChange=\"window.location='index.php?s=$shash&sty leid=' + this.value\".

[stark427]

A Run Time error :

when I press Go:

[filburt1]

Maybe document.all['newstyleid'] instead of document.newstyleid?

[stark427]

Yeah
It seems that it works ok now

Something more: (please don't shoot me...)

Is there a way I can make the GO button smaller?

Or even better instead of this common GO button I would like to use another one... like this :



u know a gif I have... that goes better with my styles...

thanx anyway

[filburt1]

Try:

$styledropdown <a href="javascript:window.location =
    'index.php?s=$session[sessionhash]&styleid='
    + document.all['newstyleid'].value">
<img src="images/go.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"></a>

[stark427]

Thanx

problem inow s that although it works with IE... and everything is fine... there are 2 probs with netscape:

1) The button does not work at all. You press it - it does not do anything.

2) The button seems to be wrongly aligned - its lower that what it should be
look at the screenshot