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Select empty option from a drop down

SudhakarSudhakar Members
edited November -1 in Sahi - Open Source
Hi all,

I came across a problem where in there is a need to select an empty option in a dropdown and continue to check if page validates the field or not.
my screen has a dropdown and by default it contains a value when page loads.
but i need to set it as empty and check for the validation error.


i am passing the value from a CSV format, below is the example.

_setSelected(_select(/Status/), $mainrs[$i]["status"]);

In the above example i tried passing space from CSV file, but it does'nt act on that.

If anyone came across this type of issue , please let me know.

Comments

  • narayannarayan Administrators
    Is there a blank opiton in that dropdown?
    Could you paste the HTML code of the dropdown here? (Paste it within [ code ] [ /code ] tags so that it is correctly escaped.)
  • SudhakarSudhakar Members
    Yes, there is a blank option in that dropdown.
    <span class="">Status:</span></td><td style="padding:3" colspan="16" rowspan="1" class="">
<select name="4c1c4d12-3875-46b4-a6e3-8a0ee0742db5.authStatusEnum" 
                                                                   value="ARCPrStActv" tabindex="" elementstyle="">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="ARCPrStActv" SELECTED="1">Active</option>
<option value="ARCPrStInactv">Inactive</option>
</select>

    You can view above tags that specify space.
    As i understand i have to paste the above code between tags.

    if that is the case, then i can't make a change at code end.
    i have to manipulate everthing through SAHI with out changing the app code.

    could you please specify any alternative.
  • narayannarayan Administrators
    Hi Sudhakar,

    With [ code ] [ /code ], I mean use it when you reply on the forum, so that html is properly escaped and the code appears in a box :)

    Anyway, I will need to check why "" did not work. Meanwhile you can use:
    var $status = $mainrs[$i]["status"];
if ($status == "") $status = 0;
_setSelected(_select(/Status/), $status);

    This is hacky, ugly and works only in your case, but please bear with it till I fix the issue!

    Regards,
    Narayan
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