IE capture option element onclick Aug08 '06

# (1 of 16): Tom

1 week, 3 days after the fact. (Fri 18 Aug 2006, 9:09 AM CST)

Doesnt work if you want to select the first item on the dropdown

# (2 of 16): Matthom

1 week, 3 days after the fact. (Fri 18 Aug 2006, 9:13 AM CST)

Good point. Just put an empty <option> element as the very first list item. That way, the REAL first option still has to be selected, therefore using the onchange event.

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# (3 of 16): Tai

1 month, 1 week after the fact. (Tue 19 Sep 2006, 3:26 PM CST)

This dog bit me for like an hour. Hate IE...

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# (4 of 16): Stoyan » svest.org

5 months, 2 weeks after the fact. (Fri 19 Jan 2007, 10:36 AM CST)

Two remarks:

1. onchange="do( document.getElementById("do").value )" is invalid, bacause it has double quotes enclosed in double quotes. The right way is ="do( document.getElementById('do').value )"
2. There is no need of getElementById at all, just use 'this': <select onchange="do( this.value )">

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# (5 of 16): Stoyan » svest.org

5 months, 2 weeks after the fact. (Fri 19 Jan 2007, 10:39 AM CST)

And validate your feedback against html entities :) So the second remark should be: 2. There is no need of getElementById at all, just use 'this':

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# (6 of 16): Matthom

5 months, 2 weeks after the fact. (Fri 19 Jan 2007, 10:49 AM CST)

Got it Stoyan, thanks. I made those changes.

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# (7 of 16): Mary

12 months after the fact. (Fri 03 Aug 2007, 2:04 PM CST)

it doesn't work. i can't make that example working

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# (8 of 16): Phpster

1 year after the fact. (Mon 27 Aug 2007, 7:02 PM CST)

Thank you very much for this information... And I hate IE!! I don't know how can Microsoft Create and support such a lousy browser!

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# (9 of 16): Klaus T

1 year, 1 month after the fact. (Tue 18 Sep 2007, 10:49 AM CST)

Any way to include some kind of "else" in this script? So that if none of the "case" are true, it will run a different function?

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# (10 of 16): Dbu

1 year, 9 months after the fact. (Wed 07 May 2008, 9:35 AM CST)

Klaus, there is the "default:" part of the switch/case statement.

... case "Do That" : // SPECIFIC CODE HERE break; default: // fallback code break; ....

default is used if none of the cases matched.

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# (11 of 16): Zebulon Evans » zebulonevans.blogspot.com

1 year, 9 months after the fact. (Tue 20 May 2008, 7:24 PM CST)

If you are looking for just the onclick and you are not using the drop down in a form this should work for you:

Select Action click me 1 click me 2

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# (12 of 16): Zebulon Evans » zebulonevans.blogspot.com

1 year, 9 months after the fact. (Tue 20 May 2008, 7:27 PM CST)

This time with the markdown syntax. If you are looking for just the onclick and you are not using the drop down in a form this should work for you:

  Select Action
  click me 1
  click me 2

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# (13 of 16): Iflow » iflow.anju-web.com

1 year, 11 months after the fact. (Sat 05 Jul 2008, 2:27 AM CST)

Thank you very much for the article! I hate IE ! :)

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# (14 of 16): Dreas » itoar.info

2 years after the fact. (Wed 20 Aug 2008, 2:50 AM CST)

The reason that the example code doesnt work is because 'do' is a reserved word in javascript, used in the 'do...while' loop.

If you change the function name, it will work like a charm...

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# (15 of 16): Shane » hackosis.com

2 years, 2 months after the fact. (Fri 31 Oct 2008, 7:55 AM CST)

I am a javascript newbie (but a PHP apprentice), so please bare with me and thanks for the article, it is just what I was looking for.

What exactly does "optionValue" represent here? Is the the value that is being select from the dropdown box?

I have a good feeling I can do everything with this I need to with a PHP loop.

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# (16 of 16): Matthom

2 years, 2 months after the fact. (Fri 31 Oct 2008, 8:33 AM CST)

Shane, yes, optionValue represents the value being selected in the drop-down list.

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