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[Rory.Plaire at wahchang.com]

| 
| What is the best way in JavaScript to get highlighted options 
| from one form 
| or one select box and transmit them, those highlighted 
| choices, to another 
| select box or textarea. Just give me some ideas and commands.
|

Hi Adam,

I am having to experiment with this very thing. My draft solution has the
browser doing this little dance...

<watch forwhat="text wrap">

...
function copyVal(selObj1, selObj2)
{	if(ie4up){
		var newOpt = document.createElement("OPTION");
		newOpt.text = selObj1.options[selObj1.selectedIndex].text;
		newOpt.value = selObj1.options[selObj1.selectedIndex].value;
		selObj2.options.add(newOpt, selObj1.selectedIndex);
	}
	if(nn4up){
		selObj2.options[selObj2.length] = new Option(selObj1.text,
selObj1.value, false, false);
		//meaning new Option(Option Text, Option Value, default?,
selected?)
}
...

<select name="select" size="12" onclick="copyVal(select, select2)">
  <option value="red">red</option>
  <option value="ora">ora</option>
  <option value="yel">yel</option>
  <option value="grn">grn</option>
  <option value="blu">blu</option>
  <option value="idg">idg</option>
  <option value="vlt">vlt</option>
</select>
<select name="select2" size="12">
</select>

</watch>

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