How do i get select a value from a drop down list

George

OS : Windows 7
Broswer : firefox 7.0.1
Build: 2011-07-19

Hi

How do i select a text value (say the send value or the 5th value) from a dropdown list of say 10 values/names?
i tried the follwoing but it doesn't work.

_set($var2, _select("ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_ddlContactName").options.value);
_alert($var2);
_set($var2, _select("ctl00_ContentPlaceHolder1_ddlContactName").options.length);
_alert($var2);


pl advise

George

thechinmaya

Hi George

I think you should try with _setSelected() instead of _select in your code.


thank you
chinmaya

Orrin

Hey George

let's assume you have a dropdown with name="Title".....
The first option is Blank followed by Mr, Mrs, Doc, Prof & Dr

So, to select Doc:
_setSelected(_select("Title"), "Doc");

To select by index:
_setSelected(_select("Title"), 3);

REMEBER:
Selecting based on index always starts from 0.

Hope this helps.
Orrin