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Re: InnerHTML quirks

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On 27.06.19 07:51, Jonas Thörnvall wrote:
> Given i have an option list generated dynamically and then inserted to my main HTML file with using div.
> 
> <div id="bankOptList"></div>
> 
> And inserted using javascript.
> function bankOptionList(){
> bankOptNames="";	
> bankSelect ="<font color=white><b>BANK:</b></font> <select id='selBank' onChange='bankSelection()'>\n";
> for (var r=0;r<bankName.length;r++){
> bankOption=bankName[r];
> //alert(bankName[r]);
> bankOptNames+="<option value="+r+"> "+r+"  "+bankOption+"</option>\n";
> }
> bankOptEnd="</select> \n";
> bankOptionString=bankSelect+bankOptNames+bankOptEnd;
> //alert(bankOptionString);
> document.getElementById("bankOptList").innerHTML=bankOptionString;
> }
> 
> 
> How can i set selected index?

By setting the "selected" attribute for the option, which should be
selected intially.

Also see:
<https://developer.mozilla.org/de/docs/Web/HTML/Element/option>

> The usual way below do not work.
> document.getElementById("selBansk").selectedIndex;

This does nothing.

If you want to *set* the index you have to assign it:

document.getElementById("selBansk").selectedIndex = 1;

Also see
<https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLSelectElement/selectedIndex>



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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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