How to take the text from a select combo box?

[thelordoftherings]

Hello,

I have an HTML Select combo box:
<select name="empID">
<option value="1>one</option>
</select>

My question is how to take the text and not the value (I want the "one" and not the value 1)

 

[thelordoftherings]

Got it myself, please ignore this post...

 

[Mike3333]

Changed the value to Value="one" didn't ya?

 

[thelordoftherings]

Nop. Used JavaScript instead...

 

[DustpanDave]

Hiya, i was wondering if you had the code to select the text from the combo box instead of the value.

i think i read you had found this out?

kind regards
Dave

d.hunt@executrack.com

 

[thelordoftherings]

It was long time ago and I don't have the code anymore but if I remember correctly try options tag of the Select element. It is an array corresponding to options in a Select object in source order.

 

[cLFlaVA]

You can do:

function doAlert( obj, opt ) {
    alert( obj.options[opt].innerHTML );
}

<form name="f">
<select name="s" onchange="doAlert(this, this.selectedIndex);">
  <option value="1">One</option>
  <option value="2">Two</option>
  <option value="3">Three</option>
</select>
</form>

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[jemminger]

the "text" property of the selected option contains its text.

mySelectObj.options[mySelectObj.selectedIndex].text

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[FALCONSEYE]

or, document.form1.selectName[document.form1.selectName.selectedIndex].text