Question

I am trying to get a Div to show when certain items are selected from a drop down menu. For some reason it is showing when any of the items in the menu are selected and I cant figure out why. Thanks for your help!

<select class="selectDesign" id="designOne" name="design1">
<option value="none">None</option>
<option value="ace">Ace</option>
<option value="aerialist">Aerialist</option>
<option value="anthropologie">Anthropologie</option>
<option value="clare">Clare</option>
<option value="darcy">Darcy</option>
<option value="dauphine">Dauphine</option>
<option value="derby">Derby</option>
<option value="signature">Signature</option>
</select>

<div id="showPaints" style="display: none"><p>My Stuff</p></div>

javaScript

jQuery("#designOne").change(function(){

jQuery("#showPaints").hide("slow");

if (jQuery("#designOne").val() == "signature" , "ace" ) {
    jQuery("#showPaints").show("slow");

}

});

Answer 1

This line is.. odd syntax.

if (jQuery("#designOne").val() == "signature" , "ace" ) 

Try:

var chosenValue = jQuery("#designOne").val();
if (chosenValue == "signature" || chosenValue == "ace" ) 

I think the , 'ace' might be getting translated to boolean true therefore the if always gets hit. I might just run a test in jsfiddle.