this worked fine. don't understand why it was changed in the first place.

diff --git a/httemplate/search/elements/search.html b/httemplate/search/elements/search.html
index 7beb4c2..4b8fc44 100644 (file)
--- a/httemplate/search/elements/search.html
+++ b/httemplate/search/elements/search.html
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ Example:
 %                 $cgi->delete('maxrecords');
 %                 $cgi->param('_dummy', 1);
 
-                  ( show <SELECT NAME="maxrecords" onChange="this.form.submit();">
+                  ( show <SELECT NAME="maxrecords" onChange="window.location = '<% $cgi->self_url %>;maxrecords=' + this.options[this.selectedIndex].value;">
 
 %                   foreach my $max ( map { $_ * $confmax } qw( 1 5 10 25 ) ) {
                   <OPTION VALUE="<% $max %>" <% ( $maxrecords == $max ) ? 'SELECTED' : '' %>><% $max %></OPTION>