or 9 times if they include New Brunswick and New Foundland

5/6/2008 4:36:43 PM

its different different places. some places have the names and alphabetize by names, some by abbrev and alpha by that, and some switch it up and have names and alpha it by abbrev.

5/6/2008 4:38:49 PM

yeah, i just hit N and watch for North Carolina to come up

5/6/2008 4:39:26 PM

its USUALLY the 7th one

and usually the 9th if they have the canadian provinces in the mix

5/6/2008 4:40:50 PM

7 times?

that's a lot

how about how I do it:

hit 'O' once, then up-arrow twice

3 < 7




of course, if the field uses the 2-letter state abbreviations, you only have to hit 'N' once

5/6/2008 4:46:07 PM

Just type the first two letters.

5/6/2008 4:48:19 PM

^
that doesn't work....


(I win this thread)

5/6/2008 4:51:27 PM

5/6/2008 4:51:56 PM

most of the time the N O works for me. If it doesn't then it is the N ^^

5/6/2008 4:52:30 PM

Sara Smile is my fucking JAM

and yeah Ernie, I dont know if that works...392's method is kinda 1337 though

[Edited on May 6, 2008 at 4:58 PM. Reason : .]

5/6/2008 4:58:26 PM

Double click the message board list drop-down box.

Type "S", rapidly followed by "T".

Notice how it focuses on Study Hall and not Sports Talk.

I win.

iamges.google.com

5/6/2008 8:41:15 PM

not really

5/6/2008 8:43:25 PM

^^
yeah, that doesn't work

first of all, thewolfweb message board drop-down menu has an "onChange" event handler script

so after the first keystroke is pressed (doesn't even have to be released,) the script changes the page

and therefore never even "notices" the second keystroke

so this drop-down menu isn't a good test example

also, the select box goes to the next option (that starts with the letter typed) below the one already selected

so, from chit chat, the next 'S' is sports talk, but if your were in, say, entertainment, the next 'S' is study hall

iow, if you turn off javascript and type 'ST' in thewolfweb message board drop-down menu,

it selects 'S' for sports talk, then 'T' for tech talk

or, if you start from entertainment, it selects 'S' for study hall, then 'T' for the lounge


I have yet to find a drop-down box (html, not flash or something,) where the first two letters work


sorry ernie, but you do not win

(I win)

5/6/2008 9:08:21 PM

Quote :

"so after the first keystroke is pressed (doesn't even have to be released,) the script changes the page and therefore never even "notices" the second keystroke "

no

Quote :

"also, the select box goes to the next option (that starts with the letter typed) below the one already selected so, from chit chat, the next 'S' is sports talk, but if your were in, say, entertainment, the next 'S' is study hall iow, if you turn off javascript and type 'ST' in thewolfweb message board drop-down menu, it selects 'S' for sports talk, then 'T' for tech talk or, if you start from entertainment, it selects 'S' for study hall, then 'T' for the lounge"

No, it works from any board, from the Lounge to Feedback Forum.

If you type S, then T, quickly, it focuses on Study Hall, not Sports Talk, before onChange is called. I know how the list works, that's why I chose Study Hall as the example.

It works in FF, IE, and Opera. You're either dumb or trolling.

5/6/2008 9:50:17 PM

I'm on ie right now -- I'll try it on the others

but seriously

everything I described is exactly what I (and I assume others,) experience

not sure why yours is different



anyone?

5/6/2008 10:04:43 PM

i think what Ernie is saying is correct, but you have to hit T IMMEDIATELY after hitting S

its kind of finicky though

5/6/2008 10:06:11 PM

nah man

no matter how fast I do it, I get the same result

(and I've played piano for over 20 years, so I can hit keys rather proficiently)



does anyone else have input on this?

5/6/2008 10:15:25 PM

Quote :

"so after the first keystroke is pressed (doesn't even have to be released,) the script changes the page"

That's wrong, too. If you hold down a letter from the the list, it just scrolls between values (holding C scrolls back and forth between Chit Chat and Classifieds.

There's a delay between releasing the key and onChange being called. It's a short delay, but enough time to go to a second, third, fourth letter and so on.

I believe it's called a type-ahead drop down list. Read up.

[Edited on May 6, 2008 at 10:22 PM. Reason : ]

5/6/2008 10:21:41 PM

Quote :

"There's a delay between releasing the key and onChange being called"

mine triggers the onChange upon keyDown, not keyUp or keyPress

we need input from others

5/6/2008 10:23:50 PM

I'm using FF, running Ubuntu now. I know it works as I've described it in FF/Opera/IE on XP and I just tested it in FF on Vista. All work exactly like I've said.

5/6/2008 10:28:05 PM

weird

5/6/2008 10:31:30 PM

Just fyi, it doesn't work in IE6.

[Edited on May 6, 2008 at 10:35 PM. Reason : .]

5/6/2008 10:34:14 PM

which one doesn't work?

5/6/2008 10:35:16 PM

Apparently doesn't work in IE7, either. Go figure.

5/6/2008 10:40:35 PM