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Re: How do we carry re-assignment element value?

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justaguy <lichunshen84@gmail.com> wrote:
> When the form is submitted several times before its final submission.

You lost me there. Once a form is submitted, it's final. A form can't be 
partially submitted.

> The idea of having the TEXT input field with id of "addNew" is to
> alllow user to add another value other than from the drop-down list.
> 
> js code:
>      var selObj = document.getElementById('delivery');
>           el = document.getElementById('addNew');
>           selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value = el.value;
> 
> The code works.  However, this FORM is sent several times based on
> certain cell selection before Final Submission, what is happening now
> is on subsequent form submission (prior to Final Submission) we lose
> its re-assignment, namely,
> selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value = el.value;
> How do we circumvent this problem?

That code replace the item value that's currently being selected, instead 
of adding a new one. To add a new item selection (new OPTION tag), use 
this:

//create new OPTION element
var el = document.createElement('OPTION');
//set the value
el.value = document.getElementById('addNew').value.trim();
//set the display text (for display only; optional)
el.textContent = document.getElementById('addNew').value.trim();
//append the new OPTION element into "delivery" selector
document.getElementById('delivery').appendChild(el);

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How do we carry re-assignment element value? justaguy <lichunshen84@gmail.com> - 2012-10-04 12:46 -0700
  Re: How do we carry re-assignment element value? Danny <dann90038@gmail.com> - 2012-10-04 15:57 -0700
  Re: How do we carry re-assignment element value? JJ <jaejunks_at@_googlemail_dot._com> - 2012-10-05 00:41 +0000
    Re: How do we carry re-assignment element value? justaguy <lichunshen84@gmail.com> - 2012-10-04 19:09 -0700

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