Selecting Item in Drop Down List Box

[Andrew]

I have a Drop Down List box of all of the days in the month (1-31). I
would like to set a specific item as selected when the user drops down
the box. For example, if the current value is 19, when the user drops
the box down, I would like the highlight to be on the 19 in the list,
how do I do this?

Thanks.

Jeff
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Steve Pugh]

I have a Drop Down List box of all of the days in the month (1-31). I
would like to set a specific item as selected when the user drops down
the box. For example, if the current value is 19, when the user drops
the box down, I would like the highlight to be on the 19 in the list,
how do I do this?

With the selected attribute
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#adef-selected

Steve

 

[Jukka K. Korpela]

I have a Drop Down List box of all of the days in the month (1-31).

Replace it by a text input field. Which one is faster, typing "30" or
scrolling down a menu and trying to choose "30" there? Not to mention
the possibility of being forced to _listen_ to "select one of the
following: one, two, three, four, five, ..." until you hear "thirtyone"
and realize that you just skipped "thirty" and don't know what to do.

I would like to set a specific item as selected when the user
drops down the box.

<input type="text" id="month" name="month" size="2" maxlength="2"
value="19">