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From: "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: Either Chrome is crazy or *I* am :(
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2012 12:49:25 -0600
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Evertjan said:
>
> Indeed.
>
> The click could be interpreted as an action before you choose an option,
> tricky crossbrowser-wize.
>
> ===========
>
> And do not use event to find the value of the selection,
> use this [and .value in the function] or this.value.
>
> Try:
>
> <select onchange='executeResult(this.value)'>
> <option value="3101">Anderson, Harry</option>
>
> ==========
>
> And do not disable an option but reject the result in your script:
>
> <option value="X" selected>1. Select Members</option>
>
> function executeResult(r) {
>   if (r == 'X') return; // no action taken!
>   ......
>
>


Evertjan:

    Thank you for the above.

    I'll put my head down and change my code to reflect what you say above.

Many thanks again !

-Mel Smith