ppk, ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< > From: Peter-Paul Koch > > > up til very recently i thought this too. however, > > upon checking i found that the select object does not > > have a defaultValue property. > > Actually I meant the defaultValue of the option, not of > the select. ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< neither the select object nor the option object has a defaultValue property. look down at the bottom to see a list of objects the defaultValue property applies to: <http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/properties/defaul tvalue.asp> check the data sheet to see what properties the select object supports: <http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/select.as p> check the data sheet to see what properties the option object supports: <http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/option.as p> .jeff http://evolt.org/ jeff at members.evolt.org http://members.evolt.org/jeff/