Dynamic Selects/Options

Loon · Aug 5, 2003

Hi,

I have a page that creates some dynamic options for a

Code:

<select>

. The options displayed in this

Code:

<select>

are dependent on another

Code:

<select>

which has fixed options.

My problem is that the page these reside on seems to finish loading prior to the arrays of options being completed. This means that I can't seem to get the correct dynamic options to start with, I have to select something from the permanent

Code:

<select>

in order to get the right options set in the dynamic

Code:

<select>

.

I've tried doing stuff with onload="" but that doesn't seem to help - any ideas anyone?

Cheers
L00N

Loon · Aug 5, 2003

UPDATE!!

Well I re-examined the onload way of doing things and this time it seems to work! I must have been doing something silly.

However, I am still having a problem where I want to set the selectedIndex of the dynamic

Code:

<select>

but seem to be unable - the first

Code:

<option>

is selected as default...

Can I not just use:

Code:

myform.myselect.selectedIndex = optionToBeSelected;

as part of my

Code:

init()

function I call from a

Code:

<BODY onload=&quot;init();&quot;>

LFI · Aug 5, 2003

If that wasn't working for you, try:

Code:

myform.myselect.option[optionToBeSelected].selected = true;

'hope that helps.

--Dave

Loon · Aug 5, 2003

Many thanks!
That would appear to be the way to do it!

Cheers!
Loon

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