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From: "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
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Subject: Re: Debugging Errors -- a conundrum -- I think
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:33:52 -0700
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Christoph said:


> Now I've read your OP again:
>
>> btw, the 'suspected place' is a function that is called by 'onclick' >
> on an option in a <select> element.

    No, the 'onclick' function is in the <select> tag

>
> I suggest you don't use the onclick/onchange attribute of the option
> elements, but instead use the onchange attribute of the select element.
> How to access the selected option is explained in the FAQ section "How
> do I get the value of a form control?"[1].

    AISB,  I was getting errors (a week ago) using the onchange event. Then, 
(after googling 'IE8 and onchange problems'), I noted several search results 
that indicated onchange should be replaced with onclick.

    So, now I'm totally confused -- but at least I've got console.log to 
work -- with no helpful results. I still get the 'hang' -- but with an 
alert() planted in the onclick function everything's fine in IE.

Thanks all.

-Mel