Current Version

0.2 (4 August 2007)

Requirements

• Prototype
• mod.Moo.fx (bundled)

License

FauxSelect is distributed under the liberal MIT License.

Use

To use, simply include FauxSelect.js and mod-moo.fx.js in the HEAD of your document and store FauxSelect.css in the same folder as FauxSelect.js. Then, initialize the FauxSelectConductor:

// if Prototype, selects & required DOM methods are available
if( typeof( FauxSelectConductor ) != 'undefined' &&
    typeof( Prototype ) != 'undefined' &&
    typeof( Fx ) != 'undefined' &&
    document.getElementById &&
    document.getElementsByTagName &&
    document.createElement &&
    document.getElementsByTagName( 'select' ) ){
  window.observe( 'load', function(){
    FauxSelectConductor.initialize( { maxHeight: 300 } );
  } );
}

You can supply a maximum height when initializing the FauxSelectConductor.

Customization

To customize the look of your FauxSelect, you can hook into the following selectors in your main stylesheet (default styles have been provided and are easily overridden with greater specificity):

• .faux-container - contains the whole widget
• p.faux-value - the displayed value
• .faux-container p.focused - the displayed value when the faux-SELECT has focus
• ul.faux-select - the list of faux-OPTIONS
• ul.faux-select li - the faux-OPTIONs
• ul.faux-select .hover - a faux-OPTION in it's hover state
• ul.faux-select .selected - a faux-OPTION in it's selected state

How it works

For detailed instructions on how this script works, check out the case study in AdvancED DOM Scripting (2007, Friends of ED)

Demo

View the demo.

Optimized Releases

• Compressed 0.2 [6.38 KB]

Development Version

If you are interested in helping to further develop this script, you can download the uncompressed JavaScript source file.

Change Log

• 0.1 (12 September 2006) - Initial script
• 0.2 (4 August 2007) - Added automatic directory calculation for FauxSelect.css inclusion.