The "options[]" element of the select is an array. Arrays in javascript
begin with 0.
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Bosky, Dave wrote:
>I'm using the onsubmit function to check the length of a form textfield to
>verify it contains at least one character.
>If the value is less than one character I want to return false and set the
>focus to the first item in a select box.
>What am I leaving out?
>
>-------------------------------------
>function validateForm(form) {
>if (form.myText.value.length < 1 ){
> alert ('You must select at least one question to continue. n\nClick
>OK!);
> form.mySelect.options[1].focus();
> return false;
>}
>return true;
>}
>-----------------------------------------
><FORM action="update.cfm" method="post" onSubmit="return
>validateForm(this);">
><INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="myText" VALUE="">
><SELECT NAME='mySelect" SIZE="20" MULTIPLE>
> <OPTION VALUE="1">1</OPTION>
> <OPTION VALUE="2">2</OPTION>
> <OPTION VALUE="3">3</OPTION>
></SELECT>
><INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="GO">
></FORM>
>-----------------------------------------
>
>thx
>Dave
>
>
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