[thelist] Javascript - detecting which SELECT!

[Peter-Paul Koch]

>I know that the actual element is found like this:
>
>	window.document.form_name.select_name.selectedIndex
>returns the array number, you can then type
>	window.document.form_name.select_name.options[that_number].text
>to find out what was actually selected
>
>All well and good, but if I have multiple select elements on the page, how
>do I detect "select_name" in the code above.

function go(box)
{
  something = box.options[box.selectedIndex].text;
  do some more stuff with something;
}

and call it by

<SELECT onChange="go(this)">

Now you pass the correct select box on to the function and your problems 
have been solved.

ppk

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