HTML:
<form id="formname" name="formname" method="post" action="submitform.asp" >
<table width="50%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
<tr>
<td width="41%" align="right" valign="middle">Category1 :</td>
<td width="59%" align="left" valign="middle">
<select name="category1" id="category1">
<option value="">Select Category1</option>
<option value="n">name</option>
<option value="a">age</option>
<option value="c">country</option>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="middle">Category2 :</td>
<td align="left" valign="middle">
<select disabled="disabled" class="subcat" id="category2" name="category2">
<option value>Select Category2</option>
<!-- Home Ware -->
<optgroup data-rel="n">
<option value="1">john</option>
<option value="2">dan</option>
</optgroup>
<!-- Education -->
<optgroup data-rel="a">
<option value="1">23</option>
<option value="2">24</option>
</optgroup>
<!-- Books -->
<optgroup data-rel="c">
<option value="1">uk</option>
<option value="2">usa</option>
</optgroup>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
JS:
$(function(){
var $cat = $("#category1"),
$subcat = $(".subcat");
var optgroups = {};
$subcat.each(function(i,v){
var $e = $(v);
var _id = $e.attr("id");
optgroups[_id] = {};
$e.find("optgroup").each(function(){
var _r = $(this).data("rel");
$(this).find("option").addClass("is-dyn");
optgroups[_id][_r] = $(this).html();
});
});
$subcat.find("optgroup").remove();
var _lastRel;
$cat.on("change",function(){
var _rel = $(this).val();
if(_lastRel === _rel) return true;
_lastRel = _rel;
$subcat.find("option").attr("style","");
$subcat.val("");
$subcat.find(".is-dyn").remove();
if(!_rel) return $subcat.prop("disabled",true);
$subcat.each(function(){
var $el = $(this);
var _id = $el.attr("id");
$el.append(optgroups[_id][_rel]);
});
$subcat.prop("disabled",false);
});
});
DEMO:
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