Nowadays, the web is "2.0", so you can use a drag and drop system, which is
more ergonomic for your users.

Check the jquery-ui project ( http://jqueryui.com/ ), there are some example
that correspond exactly to your problem.

Pierre


2009/6/10 webspee...@gmail.com <webspee...@gmail.com>

>
> Hey all.
>
> I'm looking to create a screen where there's a box on the left and a
> box on the right. The left box contains names which can be moved to
> the box on the right.
>
> Between the two boxes will be two buttons, one labeled ">>" to move
> from left to right and the other labeled "<<" to move from the right
> to the left.
>
> I've seen this many times but need to create one myself.
>
> At first I was thinking of using selection lists with a size of 20 to
> give it height and also set the width. Then, when a selection is
> highlighted, the user can click the buttons in the middle to move the
> selection from one box to the other. Using a selection list gives me
> access to each individual selection and on the click of the button, I
> can remove that selection from one list and append it to the other.
>
> The problem with this approach is that the grayed out scrollbar is
> visible. So, I was thinking of using a textarea and that is what
> brought me here. Does anyone know of such a tool before I try
> reinventing it?

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