On 25/01/2008, Justin Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Take the advice of kangax and Richard,
>
> To set the selected item of a select box, you use selectedIndex.
>
> There is no better way. Setting the selected attribute on an option is
> not a reliable means of setting the selected state, not to mention it
> requires you to "unset" the selected attribute on another option.
>
> -justin
>
Just adding a few notes to this questio (not directly in response to
Justin's recommendation).
There are effectively 2 type of select boxes.
select-multiple and select-single
They behave slightly different with regard to the "select" properties.
If select-single is used, then $('select').selectedIndex is the property to use.
If select-multiple is used, then you $('option_x').selected is the
property to use.
With select-multiple, you can set multiple options (you got that,
right, from the name select-multiple, right? Yes? <grin>).
That is why there is a select property on the option.
Having read through the rest of the posts here, I think the multiple
select has been ignored and erroneous information about
option.selected has been presented.
Setting option.selected is perfectly fine if your select is <select
multiple><opti....></select>
Richard.
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