Auto select drop down list after post back?

[Rob Meade]

Hi all,

I post back to my page if the form hasn't been submitted with the required
information. I would like to with a little javascript, auto-select an
option in the drop down list on my page.

The drop down list is called lstCountry

I will have in an ASP variable the country code which was the value of the
selected item when the form was posted...

I would like to do something like...

lstCountry.options[<%=strCountry%>].selected = true

I think however the value between the square brackets has to be a number
relating to the index of the option?

Can anyone help me with this please...

Regards

Rob

 

[Randy Webb]

Rob Meade said the following on 7/26/2006 6:11 PM:

Hi all,

I post back to my page if the form hasn't been submitted with the required
information. I would like to with a little javascript, auto-select an
option in the drop down list on my page.

Find the option, and add the selected attribute to it using ASP:

<option value="someValue" selected>Option Text</option>

No need to use client side scripting at all.

The drop down list is called lstCountry

I will have in an ASP variable the country code which was the value of the
selected item when the form was posted...

I would like to do something like...

lstCountry.options[<%=strCountry%>].selected = true

I think however the value between the square brackets has to be a number
relating to the index of the option?
Yes.

Can anyone help me with this please...

See Above.