I am trying to add options to a select drop down list. I am doing this dynamically with js.
When I do this with one select list it works but I need to dynamically add more select list as the user wants to add more sets.
My one list works just fine like this:
<body>
<select class="js-example-basic-single" name="state"></select>
</body>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.js-example-basic-single').select2();
});
load_workout_lst({{workout_list | tojson}});
let lst = {{workout_list | tojson}};
let e = document.getElementsByName('state');
console.log(e);
for(var i = 0, l = lst.length; i < l; i++){
var option2 = lst[i];
e[0].options.add(new Option(option2));
}
</script>
I notice when I console.log(e) I get a NodeList. Since I know there is only one item in that list I choose the first one. I access its options and add to it. It works great.
When I add the select menu dynamically I do this:
let exercise = $("#exercise");
var input;
var input = $("<select>").attr("type", "text").attr("name", exerciseName).attr("tabindex", tabIndexNum);
var br = $("<br>");
exercise.append(br);
exercise.append(input);
input.select2();
console.log(input);
for(var i = 0, l = workout_lst.length; i < l; i++){
console.log(workout_lst[i]);
var item = workout_lst[i];
input.options.add(new Option(item));
}
tabIndexNum++;
var workout_lst = [];
function load_workout_lst(lst){
for (let i = 0; i < lst.length; i++){
workout_lst.push(lst[i]);
}
}
Error:
Uncaught TypeError: input.options is undefined
When I console.log(input) here I get an Object. I'm sure that this is my problem I just don't know how to push or add to the Object. Is there a different way I need to be adding to an object? What am I doing wrong here?