Re: [jQuery] hidden values associated with options of dropdown

[Charlie]

you'd likely find this a lot easier by  either using a database or array search here's an example using JSON. All of the information is stored in JSON until needed and can be searched easily with $.each http://jsbin.com/ohulu/edit CreativeMind wrote: Hi, I need the ways to solve the problem. scenario is: I have a dropdown and 4 textboxes, which are filled through a callback function. dropdown has multiple values. on selected index change of dropdown i want to fill the text boxes with associated values. e.g dropdown has list of countries. when i select country, the four textboxes are filled with country's four city names. like if india is selected , then textboxes should have delhi, banglore,mumbai,hyderabad if uk is selected, textboxes be filled with london,bermingham,scotland.manchester. if usa is selected then newyork,washington,pentagon,texas be in four textboxes. what i'm currently doing is: -- in code below i'm appending the new dropdown options retrieved from callback function, and also appending the associated cities in hidden input types. var sourcedropdown = $(e.target).parent().parent().children(":nth- child(7)").children().eq(0); $(sourcedropdown).append($('<option></option>').val(val).html (sourcename).addClass('selectedval'+val)); var cityval=text[1]; $.each(cityval,function(leftval,rightval){ $(sourcedropdown).append("<input type=hidden id=hid"+leftval+" value="+rightval+" >"); }); ---- bydefault [select country] is added in dropdown with no associated cities, -- $(sourcedropdown).change(function(){ // how can i get cities in textboxes }); ---- generated code of my above code is: <select name="source" id="source0"> <option value="-1">Select country</option> <option value="0" >england</option><input type="hidden" value="london" id="hid1"/><input type="hidden" value="birmingham" id="hid2"/><input type="hidden" value="liverpool" id="hid3"/><input type="hidden" value="leeds" id="hid4"/> </select> --- this is ok for one country but not ok for more than one country.. any different way to associate cities with countries? thanx