Select without submit?
This
<script language="JavaScript">
function selectPerlVersion(element) {
if (element.value.substring(0,1) == '/') {
location.href = element.value;
}
}
</script>
<div class="side_panel tools_panel">
<p>Perl version</p>
<form id="perl_version" name="perl_version">
<select name="version-chooser" onChange="selectPerlVersion(this)">
<option selected>Select...
<option>Perl 5 version 10
<option value="/index.html"> • Perl 5.10.0
<option>
<option>Perl 5 version 8
<option value="/5.8.9/index.html"> • Perl 5.8
+.9
<option value="/5.8.8/index.html"> • Perl 5.8
+.8
<option value="/5.8.7/index.html"> • Perl 5.8
+.7
</select>
</form>
</div>
Should have been
<div class="side_panel tools_panel">
<p>Perl version</p>.
Perl 5 version 10<p>
<a href="/index.html"> Perl 5.10.0
</p><p>
<a href="/5.8.9/index.html"> Perl 5.8.9 </a><br />
<a href="/5.8.8/index.html"> Perl 5.8.8 </a><br />
<a href="/5.8.7/index.html"> Perl 5.8.7 </a></p>
</div>
Never reinvent hyperlinks with form+javascript.