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Asked: 2026-06-12T04:24:16+00:00

How can I generate multiple sets of dropdowns and text type input fields (where

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How can I generate multiple sets of dropdowns and text type input fields (where one set consists of 3 dropdowns and 1 input type=text), based on number of times it has to be generated is by selecting a number from another dropdown.

my code is this :

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>Add New Detail</title>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Orienta' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>

<style type="text/css">
#main {
    background-color:#0CF;
    width:600px;
    padding:25px 0;
}

#drop_box_set {
    background:#666;
    width:90%;
    color:#FFF;
    padding:25px 0;
}

</style>
<!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>
<!--------------------------- CHANGE OPTIONS ON CHILD DROPDOWN SCRIPT ---------------------------->
<!------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------>

<script type="text/javascript">
function setOptions(chosen, selbox) {

selbox.options.length = 0;
if (chosen == " ") {
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('Please select one of the options above first',' ');
setTimeout(setOptions(' ',document.add_new_customer_form.optthree),5);
}
if (chosen == "1") {
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('first choice - option one','11');
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('first choice - option two','12');
setTimeout(setOptions('11',document.add_new_customer_form.optthree),5);
}
if (chosen == "2") {
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('second choice - option one','21');
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('second choice - option two','22');
setTimeout(setOptions('21',document.add_new_customer_form.optthree),5);
}
if (chosen == "3") {
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('third choice - option one','31');
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('third choice - option two','32');
setTimeout(setOptions('31',document.add_new_customer_form.optthree),5);
}
if (chosen == "11") {
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('first choice - option one - sub one','111');
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('first choice - option one - sub two','112');
}
if (chosen == "12") {
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('first choice - option two - sub one','121');
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('first choice - option two - sub two','122');
}
if (chosen == "21") {
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('second choice - option one - sub one','211');
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('second choice - option one - sub two','212');
}
if (chosen == "22") {
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('second choice - option two - sub one','221');
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('second choice - option two - sub two','222');
}
if (chosen == "31") {
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('third choice - option one - sub one','311');
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('third choice - option one - sub two','312');
}
if (chosen == "32") {
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('third choice - option two - sub one','321');
  selbox.options[selbox.options.length] = new Option('third choice - option two - sub two','322');
}
}
</script>

</head>

<body>

<div align="center"><!--DIV ALIGNMENT CENTER START-->

<div id="main"><!--DIV MAIN START-->

<form name="add_new_customer_form" method="post" action="">

<label class="description">Number Of Computer Devices : </label>

            <select name="element_19" class="short_select"> 
                <option value="" selected="selected"></option>
                        <option value="01" >01</option>
                        <option value="02" >02</option>
                        <option value="03" >03</option>
                        <option value="04" >04</option>
                        <option value="05" >05</option>
                        <option value="06" >06</option>
                        <option value="07" >07</option>
                        <option value="08" >08</option>
                        <option value="09" >09</option>
                        <option value="10" >10</option>
                        <option value="11" >11</option>
                        <option value="12" >12</option>
                        <option value="13" >13</option>
                        <option value="14" >14</option>
                        <option value="15" >15</option>

        </select>
<div id="drop_box_individual"><!--DIV DROP_BOX_INDIVIDUAL START-->
<label class="description">Device Type : </label>

            <select name="optone" class="element select medium" style="width:200px;" onchange="setOptions(document.add_new_customer_form.optone.options[document.add_new_customer_form.optone.selectedIndex].value,document.add_new_customer_form.opttwo);">
                <option value=" " selected="selected"> </option>
                        <option value="1">First Choice</option>
                        <option value="2">Second Choice</option>
                        <option value="3">Third Choice</option>
            </select>

</div><!--DIV DROP_BOX_INDIVIDUAL ENDS-->

<div id="drop_box_individual"><!--DIV DROP_BOX_INDIVIDUAL START-->
<label class="description">Device Brand : </label>

            <select name="opttwo" class="element select medium" style="width:200px;" onchange="setOptions(document.add_new_customer_form.opttwo.options[document.add_new_customer_form.opttwo.selectedIndex].value,document.add_new_customer_form.optthree);">
                <option value=" " selected="selected"></option>
            </select>
</div><!--DIV DROP_BOX_INDIVIDUAL ENDS-->

<div id="drop_box_individual"><!--DIV DROP_BOX_INDIVIDUAL START-->
<label class="description">Operating System : </label>

            <select name="optthree" class="element select medium" style="width:200px;">
                <option value=" " selected="selected"></option>
            </select>

</div><!--DIV DROP_BOX_INDIVIDUAL ENDS-->

<div id="drop_box_individual"><!--DIV DROP_BOX_INDIVIDUAL START-->
<label class="description">Serial Number : </label>

            <input name="element_10" class="element text medium" type="text" maxlength="255" value=""/>
</div><!--DIV DROP_BOX_INDIVIDUAL ENDS-->
</form>
</div><!--DIV MAIN ENDS-->
</div><!--DIV ALIGNMENT CENTER ENDS-->

</body>
</html>

Also, here is a link to jsFiddle I came across while searching for a solution.

In this above jsFiddle if one clicks on “add” button it generates a set of 02 dropdowns + 01 type=text input fields and a REMOVE button, in case some one generated more than requirement.

This is what exactly I need, But the difference is that I need it to be a automated process.

What I need is (according to my code):

If 05 is selected from the fist dropdown saying “Number of Computer Devices”, it should generate 05 sets of dropboxes and type=text inputs and remove buttons.

It should generate 05 sets, where 01 set = 03 dropdowns + 01 type=text input field and a remove button if generated more than requiremt.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Add a loop to your code.

    Like this

    JS

    $(function() {
    $("input[type=button][value=Add]").click(function(e) {
        for (i = 0; i < document.getElementById('sel').value; i++) {
            e.preventDefault();
            var newDiv = $("<div>").appendTo("#div");
            $("<input>").attr("name", "a").appendTo(newDiv);
            $("<input>").attr("name", "b").appendTo(newDiv);
            $("<select>").attr("name", "c").appendTo(newDiv).append(
            $("<option>").val("0").text("Option 1"), $("<option>").val("1").text("Option 2"));
            $("<select>").attr("name", "d").appendTo(newDiv).append(
            $("<option>").val("0").text("Option 1"), $("<option>").val("1").text("Option 2"));
            $("<button>").text("Remove").appendTo(newDiv).click(function(e) {
                e.preventDefault();
                newDiv.remove();
            })
        }
    })
})

    HTML

    <form>
    <div id="div"></div>
    <select id="sel">
        <option value="1">1</option>
        <option value="2">2</option>
        <option value="3">3</option>
    <input type="button" value="Add" />
</form>

    See it working here: http://jsfiddle.net/RASG/bYBPD/

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