Hi, For single-select select boxes, you can use `selectedIndex`:
var selbox, selindex, option; selbox = $('country'); selindex = selbox.selectedIndex; if (selbox.selectedIndex < 0) { alert("None selected"); } else { option = selbox.options[selindex]; alert("val = '" + option.value + "', text = '" + option.text + "'"); } For multi-selects you loop through the `options` array looking for options with the `selected` flag set, and grab the `value` and `text` from them. Somewhat OT, but I'd close[1] those option tags. (That's an HTML 4.01 spec; couldn't immediately find the relevant bit of the massive HTML5 spec.) (BTW, I used the select box's ID to retrieve it because this didn't work in IE: var form = $('billing'); var customerCountry = form['billing[country]'].getValue(); The second line failed. I didn't debug it (since I don't do forms that way); the select box already had an ID so I used that.) [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#edef-OPTION HTH, -- T.J. Crowder Independent Software Consultant tj / crowder software / com www.crowdersoftware.com On Jan 25, 5:09 pm, J Norton <jus...@champs-elysees.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I can get the values of a select list as follows: > > <select name="billing[country]" id="country" class="validate-select" > title="Country" ><option value="">&<option value="GB">United Kingdom</ > option>...etc > > var form = $('billing'); > var customerCountry = form['billing[country]'].getValue(); > > But I can't seem to retreive the actual text string (United Kingdom), > how do I do that? > > Thank you, > Justin. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptacul...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.