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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: Prevent Drop-downs from showing
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2014 13:56:44 +0100
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Evertjan. wrote:

> DrKen <javajedi2@yahoo.com> wrote on 07 nov 2014 in comp.lang.javascript:
>>    I'm no expert at JavaScript, and I would like a little guidance on
>>    how to check the country drop-down value as soon as it is selected.
> 
> use <select onchange='..'
> 
> [This part is just html]

The “click” event and the “input” event (DOM 3 Events, HTML5) also need to 
be handled because the “change” event may not fire before the element loses 
focus.  This is one of the cases where defining event listeners dynamically 
is warranted, to avoid code duplication.

<http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Events/events.html#Events-eventgroupings-htmlevents>
<http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/#event-type-click>
<http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Events/#event-type-input>
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2014/REC-html5-20141028/forms.html#common-input-element-events>

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