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Cycle through a dropdown list : Previous/Next buttons to traverse through the options in a dropdown list. See working example: http://codepen.io/nikhilsheth/pen/pJmvEd
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8" />
</head>
<body>
<input type="button" value="previous" onClick="nextTiles(-1)">
<select id="overlaySelector" onChange="changeTiles()">
<option value="1" selected="selected">Option 1</option>
<option value="2">Option 2</option>
<option value="3">Option 3</option>
</select>
<input type="button" value="next" onClick="nextTiles(1)">
<script>
function changeTiles() {
//do whatever you're doing
;
}
function nextTiles(i) {
var e = document.getElementById("overlaySelector");
e.selectedIndex +=i ;
//loop-around from the top or bottom depending on increment/decrement
if(e.selectedIndex == -1) {
if(i>0) e.selectedIndex = 0;
else e.selectedIndex = e.length - 1;
}
changeTiles(); //with the now updated selected option,
//do whatever you were doing when the user manually chooses something in the dropdown
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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