Country Selector


Ever wonder how those neat forms will change when you pick your country, so you can pick the correct province/state? Well this is how it is done. Give it a try!

Select Region Asia Africa Australia Europe Middle East Latin America North America South America <--------------------

Author: Mattias Sjogren

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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> // By Mattias Sjogren (masj4037@student.uu.se) <!-- Begin var africaArray = new Array("('Select country','',true,true)", "('Algeria')", "('Angola')", "('Burundi')", "('Cameroon')", "('Congo')", "('Eritrea')", "('Ethiopia')", "('Gambia')", "('Ghana')", "('Guinea')", "('Kenya')", "('Libya')", "('Madagascar')", "('Morocco')", "('Mozambique')", "('Namibia')", "('Nigeria')", "('Rwanda')", "('Senegal')", "('Sierra Leone')", "('Somalia')", "('South Africa')", "('Sudan')", "('Tanzania')", "('Tunisia')", "('Uganda')", "('Zaire')", "('Zambia')", "('Zimbabwe')", "('Other')"); var middleeastArray = new Array("('Select country','',true,true)", "('Egypt')", "('Iran')", "('Iraq')", "('Israel')", "('Jordan')", "('Kuwait')", "('Lebanon')", "('Oman')", "('Saudi Arabia')", "('Syria')", "('Turkey')", "('U. A. Emirates')", "('Other')"); var asiaArray = new Array("('Select country','',true,true)", "('Armenia')", "('Bangladesh')", "('Cambodia')", "('China')", "('India')", "('Indonesia')", "('Japan')", "('Malaysia')", "('Myanmar')", "('Nepal')", "('Pakistan')", "('Philippines')", "('Singapore')", "('South Korea')", "('Sri Lanka')", "('Taiwan')", "('Thailand')", "('Uzbekistan')", "('Vietnam')", "('Other')"); var europeArray = new Array("('Select country','',true,true)", "('Albania')", "('Austria')", "('Belarus')", "('Belgium')", "('Bosnia')", "('Bulgaria')", "('Croatia')", "('Cyprus')", "('Czech Rep.')", "('Denmark')", "('Estonia')", "('Finland')", "('France')", "('Germany')", "('Greece')", "('Hungary')", "('Iceland')", "('Ireland')", "('Italy')", "('Latvia')", "('Liechtenstein')", "('Lithuania')", "('Luxembourg')", "('Macedonia')", "('Malta')", "('Monaco')", "('Netherlands')", "('Norway')", "('Poland')", "('Portugal')", "('Romania')", "('Russia')", "('Slovakia')", "('Slovenia')", "('Spain')", "('Sweden')", "('Switzerland')", "('Ukraine')", "('United Kingdom')", "('Other')"); var australiaArray = new Array("('Select country','',true,true)", "('Australia')", "('New Zealand')", "('Other')"); var lamericaArray = new Array("('Select country','',true,true)", "('Costa Rica')", "('Cuba')", "('El Salvador')", "('Guatemala')", "('Haiti')", "('Jamaica')", "('Mexico')", "('Panama')", "('Other')"); var namericaArray = new Array("('Select country','',true,true)", "('Canada')", "('USA')", "('Other')"); var samericaArray = new Array("('Select country','',true,true)", "('Argentina')", "('Bolivia')", "('Brazil')", "('Chile')", "('Colombia')", "('Ecuador')", "('Paraguay')", "('Peru')", "('Suriname')", "('Uruguay')", "('Venezuela')", "('Other')"); function populateCountry(inForm,selected) { var selectedArray = eval(selected + "Array"); while (selectedArray.length < inForm.country.options.length) { inForm.country.options[(inForm.country.options.length - 1)] = null; } for (var i=0; i < selectedArray.length; i++) { eval("inForm.country.options[i]=" + "new Option" + selectedArray[i]); } if (inForm.region.options[0].value == '') { inForm.region.options[0]= null; if ( navigator.appName == 'Netscape') { if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) < 4) { window.history.go(0); } else { if (navigator.platform == 'Win32' || navigator.platform == 'Win16') { window.history.go(0); } } } } } function populateUSstate(inForm,selected) { var stateArray = new Array("('Select State','',true,true)", "('Alabama')", "('Alaska')", "('Arizona')", "('Arkansas')", "('California')", "('Colorado')", "('Connecticut')", "('Delaware')", "('Columbia')", "('Florida')", "('Georgia')", "('Hawaii')", "('Idaho')", "('Illinois')", "('Indiana')", "('Iowa')", "('Kansas')", "('Kentucky')", "('Louisiana')", "('Maine')", "('Maryland')", "('Massachusetts')", "('Michigan')", "('Minnesota')", "('Mississippi')", "('Missouri')", "('Montana')", "('Nebraska')", "('Nevada')", "('New Hampshire')", "('New Jersey')", "('New Mexico')", "('New York')", "('North Carolina')", "('North Dakota')", "('Ohio')", "('Oklahoma')", "('Oregon')", "('Pennsylvania')", "('Rhode Island')", "('South Carolina')", "('South Dakota')", "('Tennessee')", "('Texas')", "('Utah')", "('Vermont')", "('Virginia')", "('Washington')", "('West Virginia')", "('Wisconsin')", "('Wyoming')"); if (selected == 'USA') { for (var i=0; i < stateArray.length; i++) { eval("inForm.country.options[i]=" + "new Option" + stateArray[i]); } if ( navigator.appName == 'Netscape') { if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) < 4) { window.history.go(0) } else { if (navigator.platform == 'Win32' || navigator.platform == 'Win16') { window.history.go(0) } } } } else { } if (selected == 'Other') { newCountry = ""; while (newCountry == ""){ newCountry=prompt ("Please enter the name of your country.", ""); } if (newCountry != null) { inForm.country.options[(inForm.country.options.length-1)]=new Option(newCountry,newCountry,true,true); inForm.country.options[inForm.country.options.length]=new Option('Other, not listed','Other'); } } if(inForm.country.options[0].text == 'Select country') { inForm.country.options[0]= null; } } // End --> </script>

Paste this code in your BODY tags:
<form name="world"> <select name="region" onChange="populateCountry(document.world,document.world.region.options[document.world.region.selectedIndex].value)"> <option selected value=''>Select Region</option> <option value='asia'>Asia</option> <option value='africa'>Africa</option> <option value='australia'>Australia</option> <option value='europe'>Europe</option> <option value='middleeast'>Middle East</option> <option value='lamerica'>Latin America</option> <option value='namerica'>North America</option> <option value='samerica'>South America</option> </select> <select name="country" onChange="populateUSstate(document.world,document.world.country.options[document.world.country.selectedIndex].text)"> <option value=''><--------------------</option> </select> </form>

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