Title: Dynamic Dropdowns
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Dynamic Dropdowns

 *  Resolved [griemer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/griemer/)
 * (@griemer)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-dropdowns/)
 * Woohoo, lots of configuration options, I’m lost a bit
 * I’ve used the shortcode use here.
    [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-49?replies=2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dropdown-menu-49?replies=2)
   Works almost like i would have it.
 * I have this menu / category structure of car brands and models and types
 * Audi
    100 1.6D 1.9I A6 2.0 TDI 1.8 TDI BMW 1-series 116 118 3-series 316 320
 *  I want to show 3 dropdowns
    1: select brand 2: select model, show only models
   of selected brand 3: select type, show only types of selected model
 * Would this be possible?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-menu-wizard/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-menu-wizard/)

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 *  Thread Starter [griemer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/griemer/)
 * (@griemer)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-dropdowns/#post-6802151)
 * Hmm, indentation went away? Hope you understand the categorie structure
 *  Plugin Author [wizzud](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wizzud/)
 * (@wizzud)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-dropdowns/#post-6802195)
 * Ummm … the short is Yes, anything’s _possible_.
 * However, unless I’m reading this completely wrong (which would not be unusual),
   you want 3 “dropdowns” on a web page, with interaction between said “dropdowns”?
   
   As in … you visit a Cars page (or any other page for that matter) and somewhere
   on it you see 3 SELECTs :
    1. the 1st one presents a list of makes (Audi, BMW, etc)
    2. the 2nd then presents a list of the models related to the OPTION selected in
       the 1st
    3. then the 3rd presents a list of types related to the OPTION selected in the 
       2nd?
 * CMW won’t do that for you :
    - CMW has no option for output as a SELECT (_**if**_ that is what you meant 
      by “dropdown”?)
    - CMW doesn’t provide any front-end javascript, therefore there is no in-built
      interaction between instances – you’d have to provide it yourself
 * You _could_ use 3 instances of CMW to provide filtered levels of your menu (as
   hierarchical lists) : 1st would be makes, 2nd would be makes & models, and 3rd
   would be (at least) models & types. Then use javascript and CSS to hide non-relevant
   items/sub-lists at the outset, and revealing items as choices are made from the
   1st then 2nd lists. The 3rd list would presumably then be the only one that performs
   actual navigation (to the relevant make-model-type page).
 * As I said, it’s _possible_ … but a bit of a faff!
    Given that you’d have to provide
   the interaction anyway, I think you’d be better off writing a short plugin to
   do specifically what you want.
 * PS : If I’ve got this all wrong and, as an example, on the Audi page you want
   a sub-navigation menu listing all the Audi models (maybe even with their associated
   types), then that is where CMW could be ideal (children of current page, 1 or
   2 levels)? Or to list all the makes on any page? Or to list the relevant types
   on any make-model page? But again, if you want interaction (in-browser filtering)
   between instances, then you need to provide it yourself.
 *  Thread Starter [griemer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/griemer/)
 * (@griemer)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-dropdowns/#post-6802203)
 * Hi wizzud, you understood me correct 😉
    I already thought I would nead javascript
   for that. If been testing lots of plugins, but none satisfied my needs. So now
   I’m going to dive in WP programming. Yes!

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dynamic-dropdowns/#post-6802203)
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