[Javascript] select box question

[tyson]

I already tried that and it doesn't work either.

Mckinney, Lori K wrote:

>Can you create your option then change the text using the unescape and the
>non-breaking unicode character?
>
>document.forms[0].my_select_box.options[document.forms[0].my_select_box.leng
>th-1].text = "hi" + unescape('%A0%A0%A0%A0%A0') + "hi" ;
>
>where you use one %A0 for each space?
>
>Or create it 
>
>var hsp = String.fromCharCode(0xA0);
>var hsp5 = hsp + hsp + hsp + hsp + hsp;
>document.forms[0].my_select_box.options[document.forms[0].my_select_box.leng
>th] = new Option ('hi' + hsp5 +  + 'hi')
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu
>[mailto:javascript-bounces at LaTech.edu]On Behalf Of tyson
>Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:01 PM
>To: javascript at LaTech.edu
>Subject: [Javascript] select box question
>
>
>Hi-
>   When I add an item into my select box through javascript, I want 
>multiple blank spaces to be kept in the string that's being added.  For 
>some reason it only allows one blank space at a time. Here's my code-
>
>##########
>document.forms[0].my_select_box.options[document.forms[0].my_select_box.leng
>th] 
>= new Option ('hello     hi')
>##########
>
>There should be five spaces between the 'hello' and 'hi', but only one 
>blank space shows up in the select box.  I've tryed adding the spaces 
>with the char_code, that doesn't work.  I've also tryed adding spaces 
>with &nbsp, and that doesn't work.  Any help would be appreciated.
>
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