 Menu Swapper



A clever way to move selected items from one list box to another using "<<" and ">>" direction buttons. It works like database field selection, supports selecting multiple items, and even can sort the moved item into the new list! 
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<!-- TWO STEPS TO INSTALL MENU SWAPPER:

  1.  Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document
  2.  Add the last code into the BODY of your HTML document  -->

<!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the HEAD of your HTML document  -->

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

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<!-- Begin
sortitems = 1;  // Automatically sort items within lists? (1 or 0)

function move(fbox,tbox) {
for(var i=0; i<fbox.options.length; i++) {
if(fbox.options[i].selected && fbox.options[i].value != "") {
var no = new Option();
no.value = fbox.options[i].value;
no.text = fbox.options[i].text;
tbox.options[tbox.options.length] = no;
fbox.options[i].value = "";
fbox.options[i].text = "";
   }
}
BumpUp(fbox);
if (sortitems) SortD(tbox);
}
function BumpUp(box)  {
for(var i=0; i<box.options.length; i++) {
if(box.options[i].value == "")  {
for(var j=i; j<box.options.length-1; j++)  {
box.options[j].value = box.options[j+1].value;
box.options[j].text = box.options[j+1].text;
}
var ln = i;
break;
   }
}
if(ln < box.options.length)  {
box.options.length -= 1;
BumpUp(box);
   }
}

function SortD(box)  {
var temp_opts = new Array();
var temp = new Object();
for(var i=0; i<box.options.length; i++)  {
temp_opts[i] = box.options[i];
}
for(var x=0; x<temp_opts.length-1; x++)  {
for(var y=(x+1); y<temp_opts.length; y++)  {
if(temp_opts[x].text > temp_opts[y].text)  {
temp = temp_opts[x].text;
temp_opts[x].text = temp_opts[y].text;
temp_opts[y].text = temp;
      }
   }
}
for(var i=0; i<box.options.length; i++)  {
box.options[i].value = temp_opts[i].value;
box.options[i].text = temp_opts[i].text;
   }
}
// End -->
</script>

<!-- STEP TWO: Copy this code into the BODY of your HTML document  -->

<center>
<form ACTION="" METHOD="POST">
<table border="0">
<tr>
<td><select multiple size="5" name="list1">
<option value="11"> item 1.1 </option>
<option value="12"> item 1.2 </option>
<option value="13"> item 1.3 </option>
</select></td>
<td>
<input type="button" value="   >>   " onclick="move(this.form.list1,this.form.list2)" name="B1"><br>
<input type="button" value="   <<   " onclick="move(this.form.list2,this.form.list1)" name="B2">
</td>
<td><select multiple size="5" name="list2">
<option value="21"> item 2.1 </option>
<option value="22"> item 2.2 </option>
<option value="23"> item 2.3 </option>
</select></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</center>

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