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Re: Accessing a <select> <option> ?

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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 20:26:11 -0600
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Matt said:

"Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> wrote in message 
news:a22dkbF24fU1@mid.individual.net...
> Matt said:
> [snip]
>
>> Yes; you are correct in noting that the `click` event does
>> not work well with option elements. Perhaps, as has been
>> suggested in various threads before, you could add a `blur`
>> and/or `focus` event handler to the select element and track
>> "changes" that way. The first selected option (presence of
>> the `multiple` boolean attribute was not specified) can be
>> retrieved via the `selectedIndex`[1] property of the
>> `HTMLSelectElement`interface.
>>

Matt:

    I've included the <select> element and the selectedIndex into my page, 
and now things work great !

Thank you.

-Mel Smith

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Accessing a <select> <option> ? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-05-22 13:18 -0600
  Re: Accessing a <select> <option> ? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-05-22 13:43 -0600
  Re: Accessing a <select> <option> ? Matt McDonald <matt@fortybelow.ca> - 2012-05-22 14:43 -0600
    Re: Accessing a <select> <option> ? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-05-22 15:09 -0600
      Re: Accessing a <select> <option> ? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-05-22 20:26 -0600
  Re: Accessing a <select> <option> ? SAM <stephanemoriaux.NoAdmin@wanadoo.fr.invalid> - 2012-05-23 21:17 +0200
    Re: Accessing a <select> <option> ? "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2012-05-23 13:42 -0600
    Re: Accessing a <select> <option> ? "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-05-23 21:17 +0000

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