I have two dropdown lists that filter content. The first one is the locations and the second one is the jobs. The first list filters the second. I'm using a :contains to read the string values that allow my filter to work. I'm running into a problem when I want to use two contains at once as a filter. Here is the code:
HTML
<div class="holder">
<label for="volunteerLocation">Where do you want to volunteer?</label><br>
<select id="locations">
<option value="0">--Select a Campus--</option>
<option value="5">Location 1</option>
<option value="6">Location 2</option>
<option value="7">Location 3</option>
</select>
</div>
<br />
<div class="holder">
<label for="volunteerJobs">In which area would you like to serve?</label><br />
<select id="jobs">
<option value="1">Job 1 (Location 1)</option>
<option value="2">Job 2 (Location 2)</option>
<option value="3">Job 3 (Location 3)</option>
<option value="4">Job 4 (All locations)</option>
</select>
</div>
Javascript
var select = $('#jobs');
var options = [];
$(select).find('option').each(function () {
options.push({ value: $(this).val(), text: $(this).text() });
});
$(select).data('options', options);
$('#locations').change(function () {
filterText = $("#locations option:selected").text();
var optionList = $(select).empty().data('options');
var j = 0;
$.each(optionList, function (i) {
var option = options[i];
if (option.text.indexOf(filterText) !== -1) {
if (j == 0) {
$('#jobs').prepend("<option value=''>--Select a Job--</option>").val('');
j++;
};
$(select).append(
$('<option>').text(option.text).val(option.value)
);
}
if (filterText == "--Select a Campus--") {
$(select).append(
$('<option>').text(option.text).val(option.value)
);
}
})
})
Here is a JSLint of this so you can see it in action Full Example
I'm trying to get "Job 4" to show up on everything but the "Select a Campus" option. How do I do that?
instead of looping with .each every time location change, and going through exceptions, me would create an index upon page load
var locJobs=new Array();
then you fill it with your data, for example
locJobs['5']=new Array();
locJobs['5'] = ['job 1','job 2']
then on change
$("#jobs").html('<option>'+locJobs[$(this).val()].join('</option><option>')+'</option>');
if you need to add the value on the options of #jobs you'll have to complicate that snippet a bit. It shall be more efficient & also make maintenance much easier (no exceptions to deal with just an array to populate from whatever data source you are using) as you'll end up with a very flexible solution
nb: you declare var select = $("#jobs")
but then you use $(select); that is a useless overhead use select
directly
a convention to keep code clear is to add $ to any variable that is caching a jquery object :
var $select=$("#select")
then you use $select.whtever(//...
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