Re: InnerHTML quirks

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Subject	Re: InnerHTML quirks
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On 27.06.19 10:53, Jonas Thörnvall wrote:

> Den torsdag 27 juni 2019 kl. 10:20:56 UTC+2 skrev Arno Welzel:
>> On 27.06.19 08:00, Jonas Thörnvall wrote:
>>
>>> I have tried
>>>   document.getElementById('selBank').selectedIndex.innerHTML = 4	;
>>
>> This is nonsense!
>>
>> You can either read it the index:
>>
>> myindex = document.getElementById('selBank').selectedIndex;
>>
>> or set it:
>>
>> document.getElementById('selBank').selectedIndex = 4;
>>
>> But using "innerHTML" is nonsense! Why do you even think, that
>> "innerHTML" is used to set the index?
>>
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Arno Welzel
>> https://arnowelzel.de
> 
> When you generate an option list dynamically and insert it with innerHTML

Yes - than it *is* HTML.

But the index is *not* HTML! It is just a number which you assign to the
property "selectedIndex".

> The "dynamically generated id selBank" is not available from main
> Thus your suggested.
> document.getElementById("selBansk").selectedIndex = 1; 
> 
> Will not work...

That's why I also suggested adding the "selected" attribute for the
selected option when you generate the HTML code.


-- 
Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de

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InnerHTML quirks Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2019-06-26 22:51 -0700
  Re: InnerHTML quirks Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2019-06-26 23:00 -0700
    Re: InnerHTML quirks Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-06-27 10:20 +0200
      Re: InnerHTML quirks Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2019-06-27 01:53 -0700
        Re: InnerHTML quirks Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-06-27 10:55 +0200
          Re: InnerHTML quirks Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2019-06-27 02:21 -0700
            Re: InnerHTML quirks Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-06-27 17:26 +0200
        Re: InnerHTML quirks Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2019-06-27 01:59 -0700
          Re: InnerHTML quirks Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-06-27 11:01 +0200
  Re: InnerHTML quirks Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-06-27 10:18 +0200
    Re: InnerHTML quirks Jonas Thörnvall <jonas.thornvall@gmail.com> - 2019-06-27 01:43 -0700
      Re: InnerHTML quirks Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2019-06-27 11:00 +0200
        Re: InnerHTML quirks Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2019-06-27 15:05 +0200

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