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Subject: 
Pull down menus
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Date: 
Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:52:48 GMT
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Hi Todd,
With the proliferation of newsgroups on Lugnet; as a means to simplify posting
messages to the proper newsgroup(s), would it be possible to make both the
Newsgroups and Followup-To fields on the message window be pull down menus?  I
can never remember the exact hierarchy wording and a pull down menu would
greatly aid selecting the proper destination(s).  Thanks.



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  Re: Pull down menus
 
"Rick Kujawa" <spacerocks@iname.com> wrote in message news:FzCEw0.K70@lugnet.com... (...) posting (...) menus? I (...) IMHO I don't think a pulldown/selection field is a good option. There are too many newsgroups to make a selection box more (...) (24 years ago, 15-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
  Re: Pull down menus
 
(...) Hmm...that would work if you were posting to only one newsgroup and not crossposting. If you wanted crossposting, it would have to have multiple drop-down list-boxes. Using JavaScript, multiple list-boxes could be filled from a single data (...) (24 years ago, 16-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.general)

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