[ZWeb] Highliting data from multiple selection list

[Christian Theune]

Hi.

On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 02:11:57PM -0700, Mike Tran wrote:
> Does anyone know how to highlite data from a multiple selection list?
> 
> I have a method called <agency_lookup> and a selection list
> called "jurisdiction" . The "agency_lookup" method display all the 
> agency_names in my agency table.   I also have a field called
> agency_selected.  Agency_selected is a string in the DB that store all the 
> agency name(s) that the user have selected. 
> 
> What i want to do is to highlite all the agency_name that are in the 
> agency_selected record.  This is what i have so far but Zope does not like: 
> <dtml-if  "agency_selected in agency_name">.  agency_selected is defined.  
> Maybe just a syntax error. Can someone help please?  I appreciate any 
> suggestions.
> 
> <select  name="jurisdiction:list" size="6" multiple>
> <dtml-in agency_lookup>
> <dtml-if  "agency_selected in agency_name">

here lies your problem, because agency_selected is a string, not a list. 
If your string contains comma separated values, try:
 "agency_name in agency_selected.split(',')"

everything else seems fine, except you could optimize the use of <option>

by only doing <option value=".." <dtml-if "..">selected</dtml-if> >

> <option value="<dtml-var agency_name>" selected><dtml-var 
> agency_name></option>
> <dtml-else>
> <option value="<dtml-var agency_name>"><dtml-var agency_name></option>
> </dtml-if>
> </dtml-in>
> </select> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mike 

Greetings

Christian

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