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Re: Syntax to access the selected option's value

Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Date	2013-11-20 02:40 -0800
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Subject	Re: Syntax to access the selected option's value
From	Bart Van der Donck <bart@nijlen.com>

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Jukka K. Korpela wrote:

> "The value IDL attribute [of a select element], on getting, must return 
> the value of the first option element in the list of options in tree 
> order that has its selectedness set to true, if any. If there isn't one, 
> then it must return the empty string."
> http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html#dom-select-value

That's the hyperlink I was looking for, thanks. I think you're right; one shouldn't expect "document.f.myName.value" to fail. But still, other approaches are more recommended/traditional, maybe the classic forms[x].elements[y] on top. But there is more than one way to do it.

I would even go a step further. Under the initial hypothesis that  "document.getElementById('myID').value"  is 'official',  "document.f.myName.value"  must be 'official' as well. W3 only speaks vaguely about "getting" the value-attribute. Nothing is said about whether the value-attribute should be accessed by ID or NAME, and, in both cases, how then.

-- 
 Bart

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Syntax to access the selected option's value Bart Van der Donck <bart@nijlen.com> - 2013-11-19 06:20 -0800
  Re: Syntax to access the selected option's value "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2013-11-19 08:27 -0800
  Re: Syntax to access the selected option's value Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-11-19 18:26 +0100
    Re: Syntax to access the selected option's value Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-11-19 19:55 +0100
      Re: Syntax to access the selected option's value Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2013-11-19 19:18 +0000
        Re: Syntax to access the selected option's value Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-11-19 22:48 +0100
  Re: Syntax to access the selected option's value "Jukka K. Korpela" <jkorpela@cs.tut.fi> - 2013-11-19 19:32 +0200
    Re: Syntax to access the selected option's value Bart Van der Donck <bart@nijlen.com> - 2013-11-20 02:40 -0800
      Re: Syntax to access the selected option's value Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2013-11-21 22:27 +0100

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