Option onclick does not fire for IE

JehanNYNJ · Apr 7, 2005

I have found that the onclick does not fire for Option elements in IE.
Clicking on an option only fires the Select's onclick. Can someone
please confirm this?

If it is so then how would we best implement a case where only some of
the options in a select should trigger the onclick?

Thanks in advance for any input.

McKirahan · Apr 7, 2005

I have found that the onclick does not fire for Option elements in IE.
Clicking on an option only fires the Select's onclick. Can someone
please confirm this?

If it is so then how would we best implement a case where only some of
the options in a select should trigger the onclick?

Thanks in advance for any input.

Test in the select's onclick:

<html>
<head>
<title>optClick.htm</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function clicker(that) {
var pick = that.options[that.selectedIndex].value;
if (pick == "2") alert("Hello World");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>
<select name="sel" onclick="clicker(this)">
<option value="1">One
<option value="2">Two
<option value="3">Three
</select>
</form>
</body>
</html>

RobB · Apr 7, 2005

I have found that the onclick does not fire for Option elements in IE.
Clicking on an option only fires the Select's onclick. Can someone
please confirm this?

If it is so then how would we best implement a case where only some of
the options in a select should trigger the onclick?

Thanks in advance for any input.

Option objects in MSIE have zero event handlers. Processing of
listboxes is generally done via the Select.onchange handler, and the
Select.selectedIndex property (which holds the index of the currently
selected option). Presumably you can accomplish whatever you need to
using this approach.

Uncaught ReferenceError: item is not defined at HTMLButtonElement.onclick in the: <button onclick="item.inserir()">Inserir dados</button>	1	Apr 22, 2023
How to display input options only after selecting an option from the 'select class' tag JS?	6	May 12, 2023
onclick on option not working on IE or safari	3	Apr 12, 2006
onclick event does not work with select option in IE	7	Jan 18, 2007
Show/Hide HTML Table Columns using SELECT option	1	Nov 9, 2020
onclick event does not work with select option in IE	0	Jan 18, 2007
IE onClick	1	Apr 16, 2007
Alternative for <option> & event delegation	2	Sep 7, 2009

Option onclick does not fire for IE

JehanNYNJ

McKirahan

RobB

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

Members online

Forum statistics

Latest Threads