[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #28492: Categories Widget Dropdown Issue

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#28492: Categories Widget Dropdown Issue
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 Reporter:  selinawdesign  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Widgets        |    Version:  3.9.1
 Severity:  normal         |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                 |
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 '''This is a follow-up to #15257.

 Page in Question''': http://selinawdesign.com/wp/live-french/news/

 The drop-down version of the categories widget does not seem to work, but
 the list-view version does. I cleared the cache, hard refreshed, etc. and
 still no luck. I viewed the page source and the list-view has "a href" for
 each list-item whereas the drop-down version does not. I see that there is
 a script for the dropdown to populate an "a href" but it just doesn't seem
 to be working.

 Whenever I select, say "Education," from the dropdown none of the posts
 that are categorized "Education" populate the new page. However when I do
 so from the list-view, the page changes accordingly.

 Source for the dropdown:
 {{{
 <div class="wpb_wrapper">

                         <div class="vc_wp_categories
 wpb_content_element"><div class="widget widget_categories"><h2
 class="widgettitle">Categories</h2><select name='cat' id='cat'
 class='postform' >

         <option value='-1'>Select Category</option>

         <option class="level-0" value="48">Education</option>

         <option class="level-0" value="19">Events</option>

         <option class="level-0" value="14">News</option>

         <option class="level-1" value="59">   Member
 Benefits</option>

         <option class="level-0" value="47">Youth</option>

 </select>



 <script type='text/javascript'>

 /* <![CDATA[ */

         var dropdown = document.getElementById("cat");

         function onCatChange() {

                 if ( dropdown.options[dropdown.selectedIndex].value > 0 )
 {

                         location.href =
 "http://selinawdesign.com/wp/?cat="+dropdown.options[dropdown.selectedIndex].value;

                 }

         }

         dropdown.onchange = onCatChange;

 /* ]]> */

 </script>

 </div></div>
 }}}


 Source for list view:
 {{{
 <div class="wpb_wrapper">

                         <div class="vc_wp_categories
 wpb_content_element"><div class="widget widget_categories"><h2
 class="widgettitle">Categories</h2>         <ul>

         <li class="cat-item cat-item-48"><a
 href="http://selinawdesign.com/wp/category/education/" title="View all
 posts filed under Education">Education</a>

 </li>

         <li class="cat-item cat-item-19"><a
 href="http://selinawdesign.com/wp/category/events/" title="View all posts
 filed under Events">Events</a>

 </li>

         <li class="cat-item cat-item-14"><a
 href="http://selinawdesign.com/wp/category/news/" title="View all posts
 filed under News">News</a>

 <ul class='children'>

         <li class="cat-item cat-item-59"><a
 href="http://selinawdesign.com/wp/category/news/memberbenefits/"
 title="View all posts filed under Member Benefits">Member Benefits</a>

 </li>

 </ul>

 </li>

         <li class="cat-item cat-item-47"><a
 href="http://selinawdesign.com/wp/category/youth-3/" title="View all posts
 filed under Youth">Youth</a>

 </li>

                 </ul>

 </div></div>
 }}}

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