[Javascript] setting select drop selectedIndex

Paul Novitski paul at juniperwebcraft.com
Wed Aug 2 12:30:30 CDT 2006


At 10:21 AM 8/2/2006, Schalk wrote:
>Should the following be able to set the selectedIndex of a select drop down?
>
>document.checkout.billingstate.options[document.checkout.billingstate.selectedIndex].value 
>= state;


No, that statement sets the value of the option at the selected 
location.  I believe what you want is:

         document.checkout.billingstate.selectedIndex = state;

where 'state' is an integer 0-N.

Paul 




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