Question

I currently have a “search box” in our admin navigation that is submitting to a searchOrdersAction.jsp page.

<tr align="left" valign="top">
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
            <form action="searchOrdersAction.jsp" name="form" method="get" ><td><input name="CustEmail" type="text" class="DataEntry" id="CustEmail"></td><td><input name="Submit" type="submit" class="SOBut" value="Go"></td></form>
         </tr>

As of now, the search box only allows searching through the customer email. I was wondering is it possible to include a dropdown, which would have two options, which would change what is being searched for? I can physically change the search by changing the input’s id from “CustEmail” to “OrderID”.

Note: I can only use one search box. Is it even possible to change?

Answer 1

I assume you can’t change the search jsp yourself, and can only change the admin interface to it. In that case, this should work:

<tr align="left" valign="top">
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <form action="searchOrdersAction.jsp" name="form" method="get">
    <td><input name="CustEmail" type="text" class="DataEntry" id="frm_input"></td>
    <td><select onchange="document.getElementById('frm_input').name=this.value">
          <option selected value="CustEmail">Customer Email</option>
          <option value="OrderID">Order ID</option>
        </select>
    </td>
    <td><input name="Submit" type="submit" class="SOBut" value="Go"></td>
  </form>
</tr>

Untested, but it’s pretty straightforward.