Drop-Down Links

You want a drop-down list of links, like this one:

You have one that uses JavaScript, but, hey, JavaScript doesn't work in all browsers, so you certainly wouldn't want to do that. And you're not allowed to run your own CGI scripts, so that option is gone. So what do you do?

Well, here's a solution:

<form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/url">
<select name="q">
<option value="http://www.nyu.edu/">NYU
<option value="http://web.mit.edu/">MIT
<option value="http://www.wustl.edu/">WU
<input type="submit">
</form>

This code works in any browser that support forms (which is, for all practical purposes, every browser), even those that can't handle JavaScript. The only problem with it is that is relies on a CGI script housed on another server, so that:

you have to get the permission of that server's Webmaster before you use the form, and
you might want to test, once in a while, whether the form works, as you never know when the other server's Webmaster may decide to get rid of (or rename) that CGI script.

But, hey, if you really want your links in a drop-down box, well, there you have it!

HTML tutorial.

Main page.