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I have a page where values (monetary) are entered into boxes and the aim is to have them appear in a drop down list on the next page. I have searched and found this Transferring page values to another page[^] But wondered if there was a more upto date way of doing it?
I have the code below and whilst I can send the data to the URL the script doesn't put it in the drop down. I've read about doing it with cookies, is that a more reliable method?
<script>
from the url as a query string
var query = location.search;
var splitQuery = []; var value
= [];
function parseQuery(query){
if(query.search(/[&]/)){
splitQuery = query.split('&');
for (var x = 0; x <
splitQuery.length; x++){
var splitEach =
splitQuery[x].split('=');
document.getElementsByClassName
('dropdown')[x].textContent =
splitEach[1];
}
}
}
parseQuery(query);
</script>
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So long as you don't need to support Internet Explorer, the modern way to parse the querystring is to use the URLSearchParams class:
URLSearchParams - Web APIs | MDN[^]
const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
for (const [key, value] of searchParams) {
console.log(key, "=", value);
} It's not clear what the connection is between the querystring parameters and the form parameters, but the code you've shown requires that they're in exactly the same order. It would probably be better if you could match based on the name of the element.
You'll also need to use the value property, not the textContent property, to set the value for a form element.
const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
for (const [key, value] of searchParams) {
let element = document.getElementsByName(key)[0];
if (element && element.classList.contains("dropdown") && (/^INPUT|SELECT$/i).test(element.tagName)) {
element.value = value;
}
else {
console.warn("Unknown element:", key, element);
}
}
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Hi Richard, thanks for replying.
When I input the data and press the submit button it correctly forwards me to this page;
overheads5.html?level-1=10&level-2=20&level-3=30&level-4=40&level-5=&level-6=
so the data is in the url but I can't get it from there into the dropdown to use in calculations.
Basically the idea is that other data in the destination page has the value in the drop down added to it. Would it help to show you the actual pages?
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If you really want to match based on the index of the parameter, then you could try:
const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
let index = 0;
for (const [key, value] of searchParams) {
let element = document.getElementsByClassName("dropdown")[index];
element.value = value;
index++;
} This assumes that the value already exists in the list. If you want to add a new option instead:
let element = document.getElementsByClassName("dropdown")[index];
let option = document.createElement("option");
option.value = value;
option.text = value;
element.add(option, null);
element.value = value;
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Thanks Richard, this is how the inputs and the dropdown are laid out but can be changed if it makes it easier to get to the result I need.  I have tried the code you have given me but still nothing in the dropdown. (All I get is level 1, level 2 etc)
<div class='payroll-container row p-5'>
<form action ="overheads5.html" method
= "get" name = "payrate" id =
"payrate"> Payrate
<br/>
Level 1
<input type = "text" name =
"level-1" id = "level-1" />
<br/>
Level 2
<input type = "text" name =
"level-2" id = "level-2" />
<br/>
Level 3
<input type = "text" name =
"level-3" id = "level-3" />
<br/>
Level 4
<input type = "text" name =
"level-4" id = "level-4" />
<br/>
Level 5
<input type = "text" name =
"level-5" id = "level-5" />
<br/>
Level 6
<input type = "text" name =
"level-6" id = "level-6" />
<br/>
<input type = "submit"/>
<div class='dropdown-container row p-4'>
<select>
<option class = 'dropdown'>level-1</option>
<option class = 'dropdown'>level-2</option>
<option class = 'dropdown'>level-3</option>
<option class = 'dropdown'>level-4</option>
<option class = 'dropdown'>level-5</option>
<option class = 'dropdown'>level-6</option>
</select></div>
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Based on that markup and the querystring from your previous message, this should work:
const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
for (const [key, value] of searchParams) {
let element = document.getElementById(key);
if (element) {
element.value = value;
}
else {
console.warn("Unknown element:", key, element);
}
}
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Thanks Richard,
I'm thinking it's probably me as the code below still gives me nothing. Assuming it should post to the dropdown I already have?
<script>
const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
for (const [key, value] of searchParams) {
let element = document.getElementById(key);
if (element) {
element.value = value;
}
else {
console.warn("Unknown element:", key, element);
}
}
</script>
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Ah, no, sorry. I thought you were trying to put the values into the text inputs.
Given a select list:
<div class='dropdown-container row p-4'>
<select>
<option class='dropdown'>level-1</option>
<option class='dropdown'>level-2</option>
<option class='dropdown'>level-3</option>
<option class='dropdown'>level-4</option>
<option class='dropdown'>level-5</option>
<option class='dropdown'>level-6</option>
</select>
</div> and the URL: overheads5.html?level-1=10&level-2=20&level-3=30&level-4=40&level-5=&level-6=
then something like this should work:
const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(location.search);
const elements = document.getElementsByClassName("dropdown");
let index = 0;
for (const [key, value] of searchParams) {
let element = elements[index];
element.text = value;
index++;
} Demo[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Richard, thankyou so much it, works. It shows as per the example 10,20,30 in the drop down.
I assume it would be difficult to show the level and value or just the level and the value somewhere else(hidden) so that the values can get used in the calculations?
I know I could do that in Excel but I'm still at the start of the learning curve here.
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If you change element.text to element.value, the value won't be shown, but it will be what's used when the form is submitted.
Updated demo[^]
<option> - HTML: Hypertext Markup Language | MDN[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
modified 15-Jun-20 15:13pm.
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Thanks Richard, I think I confused you there. Sorry.
So once the inputs are pulled from the 1st page to the 2nd and put into the dropdown I either need to call them somehow so as to use them in a calculation or just have them somewhere else so that when eg level 1 is selected (and showing) all the figures in my form would have £10 added to them (the maths part of that is what you have given me knowledge on before so I should get that once I get the numbers) Thanks again.
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I messed up the updated demo link. If you set the value rather than the text, the value won't be shown, but you can access it for your calculations.
If you add an event listener for the "changed" event, you can update your calculations with the selected value:
Updated updated demo[^]
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Can anyone point me in the right direction with this please?
I have these inputs and below a function to give me the hours open, except it doesn't. I've tried putting the function in online checkers and all is okay according to them but it doesn't calculate.
Thanks in advance.
<div class='col-sm-2 mb-2'>
<input type='text' id='opening-time' class='form-control' data-calc='openingTime' value='00.00' tabindex='-1'>
</div>
<div class='col-sm-2 mb-2'>
<input type='text' id='closing-time' class='form-control' data-calc='closingTime' value='00.00' tabindex='-1'>
</div>
<div class='col-sm-2 mb-2'>
<input type='text' id='hoursOpen' class='form-control form-output' data-calc='hoursOpen' value='00.00'readonly tabindex='-1'>
</div>
</div>
$(function(){
$("#closingTime").keyup(function(){
var openingTime = $("#openingTime").val();
var closingTime = $("#closingTime").val();
$("hoursOpen").html(closingTime-openingTime);
})
})
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Your keyup call is not using the id of the HTML element. It should be:
$("#closing-time").keyup(function(){
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Thanks for replying Richard. I have made the change you gave me but still not getting it to return a value. I'm still searching for my "lightbulb moment" with these functions.
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Try adding a return statement (with an associated value) at the end of the function.
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Thanks Richard,
not sure what I have done wrong here as still not giving a value for hours open.
$(function(){
$("#closing-time").keyup(function(){
var openingTime = $("#openingTime").val();
var closingTime = $("#closingTime").val();
$("hoursOpen").html(closingTime-openingTime);
return hoursOpen.html;
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$("hoursOpen")
should probably be
$("#hoursOpen")
If you can read this, you don't have WingDings installed
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Estys Thanks,
I think from other replies I am on the wrong track. 
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You have not declared hoursOpen anywhere. And what about the previous statement, does that not set the value in the html? If so why are you trying to return a value?
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Hi Richard, thanks.
I thought I had cobbled something together that would work from the lessons I saw and looking at other code. As I say there must be a lighbulb moment I am missing.
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NB: If your users are entering hours and minutes, your calculation is going to be wrong.
For example, 09:45 to 10:15 should be 0.5 hours, but "10.15" - "09.45" will return 0.7000000000000011.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Hi Richard, thanks for replying.
I noticed that when I was searching for answers to my initial problem, nothing is ever easy it seems.
The function I was trying to create would be used elsewhere but as yet I still can't get it to return a value.
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Try something like this:
$(function(){
var parseMinutes = function(value){
var parts = value.split(/[.:]/g);
switch (parts.length) {
case 1: {
return parseFloat(parts[0]) * 60;
}
case 2: {
var hours = parseFloat(parts[0]);
var minutes = parseFloat(parts[1]);
return (hours * 60) + minutes;
}
default: {
return 0;
}
}
};
var formatMinutes = function(minutes){
var hours = Math.floor(minutes / 60);
minutes %= 60;
return hours.toString().padStart(2, '0') + ':' + minutes.toString().padStart(2, '0');
};
var updateHoursOpen = function(){
var openingTime = $("#opening-time").val();
var closingTime = $("#closing-time").val();
var openingMinutes = parseMinutes(openingTime);
var closingMinutes = parseMinutes(closingTime);
var minutesOpen = closingMinutes - openingMinutes;
if (minutesOpen < 0) {
minutesOpen += 1440;
}
var hoursOpen = formatMinutes(minutesOpen);
$("#hoursOpen").val(hoursOpen);
return hoursOpen;
};
$("#opening-time, #closing-time").keyup(updateHoursOpen);
});Demo[^]
NB: padStart doesn't work in Internet Explorer. But since even Microsoft agree that IE isn't a browser[^], it's usually safe to ignore it these days.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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