Gossamer Forum: Products: DBMan: Customization: Category Select List tweak

Regarding JPDeni's very handy mod referenced at:

http://gossamer-threads.com/...ew=&sb=&vc=1

I decided to apply the Links method of splitting the category list into two columns. It turned out to be a pretty easy change.

After:

Code:

@options = split (/\,/, $db_select_fields{'Category'});

add:

Code:

my $half = int (($#options+2) / 2);
my $i = 0;
print qq|
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" BGCOLOR="#FFFFCC"><tr><td valign="top" width="50%">
|;

After:

Code:

$encoded = &urlencode($option);

add:

Code:

if ($i == $half) {
print qq|</td><td valign="top" width="50%">|;
}
$i++;

And, after:

Code:

#### if you only want to list categories that have matching entries, uncomment the following line
# }
}

(before the last closing } of the Category Select List section)

add:

Code:

print qq|</td></tr></table>|;

That should do it. You can see it in use at http://run-down.com/go/to.cgi?ID=faq if you would like a preview (not that it's anything earth shattering).

Dan