Unfortunately, because the control is not performing a postback the
selectedIndex never changes eventhough I change the value in the
control. On
the selectedIndex is always -1 eventhough I selected a new value from the
dropdown list... Trust me I used the options array to get the value
selected,
but because the selectedIndex is -1 I do not get a value...
thanks...
Craig Deelsnyder said:
I have a problem I placed a DropDown list control on my .NET page. I do
not
want to perform a postback when something is selected. When I want to get
what was selected in the Client Script I do not get anything in the
selectedIndex property in the client script. Is there any way for me the
get
the value in the text portion of the dropdown list in client script? I
tried
the value property but that does not give me anything...
thanks
There's an options property on the dropdown object. An example of how
to
set the text of an option:
function changeText()
{
var x=document.getElementById("mySelect");
x.options[x.selectedIndex].text="Melon";
}
Hmmm, all you're wanting is to access the selected index; this example
works for me, click the button it shows the currently selected index on
the client-side (create a file called SelectedIndex.aspx, here's the code):
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<script language="javascript">
function CheckVals()
{
var x = document.getElementById("mySelect");
alert (x.selectedIndex);
}
</script>
</HEAD>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server" action="SelectedIndex.aspx"
method="post">
<asp
ropDownList id="mySelect" runat="server">
<asp:ListItem Value="1">1</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="2">2</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="3" Selected="True">3</asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="4">4</asp:ListItem>
</asp
ropDownList>
<input type="button" id="button1" onclick="CheckVals();"
value="selIndex"/>
</form>
</body>
</HTML>
