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From: "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: Accessing a <select> <option> ?
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 13:43:46 -0600
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I said:
>
>    When a user clicks on an <option> (in one of my three <select> lists, I 
> wish to have a specific function executed.
>
>    In my body 'onload' property/function,  I call a function -- part of 
> which is shown below
>
>    *********************
>    el = memberopts[i] ;    // memberopts is an array
>    el.id = "imem" + el.value ;    // place an 'ID' in this option
>    el.onclick = myfunc ;        // this is my misunderstanding here :(((
>    // I'm guessing that I can't use 'onclick' here above, and I'm missing 
> something fundamental
>    // in my understanding of the properties of <option> (i.e., selected, 
> index, disabled, etc)
>
>    *************************
>
>    But, when I click on any option, the function myfunc() is not executed 
> ???  (I put a simple alert in there and it does not show).
>
>    btw,  I have a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff to do, when a user clicks 
> an <option> of a <select>.
>


Hi:

    I checked on FF, and Chrome, and it seems to work !

    However, on IE7, it does not  (at least my Alerts in the called function 
do not display :((  )


I'll look further.

Thank you

-Mel