deselect select list options in IE6

  • Thread starter armyofda12monkeys
  • Start date
A

armyofda12monkeys

Hello all,

When I click on a select list to choose an option, then i click on a
button which runs some code which does stuff,
then tries to unset the option in the list. In IE it doesnt work, when
it seems like it should.

Also anyone know why this problem occurs, i went through
http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.InternetExplorerProgrammingBugs
but didnt find any bugs with .selected attribute listed.

My code is attached at end: FF unsets the select with all 3 functions
i try. IE goofs up on all but the last but i wasnt sure if the last is
the best approach.

thanks,
Ari

CODE:


<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://
www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>TEST</title>
<script type="text/javascript">

function deselectList1(listID)
{
var optionsList = listID.getElementsByTagName('option');

for (i = optionsList.length - 1; i>=0; i--) //for(var i=0; i <
options.length; i++)
{
optionsList.selected = false;
}

}
function deselectList2(listID)
{
var optionsList = listID.getElementsByTagName('option');

optionsList[listID.selectedIndex].selected = false;
}
function deselectList3(listID)
{
var optionsList = listID.getElementsByTagName('option');

try
{
listID.selectedIndex = -666;
}catch (e)
{
//alert('length'+ optionsList.length)
for (i = optionsList.length - 1; i>=0; i--) //for(var i=0; i <
options.length; i++)
{
optionsList.selected = false;
}
}

}

</script>
</head>

<body>
<select size="5" name="test" id="test">
<option>AAAA</option>
<option>BBBB</option>
<option>CCCC</option>
</select>
<input name="btn" type="button" value="unselect list"
onclick="deselectList1(document.getElementById('test'));" />
</body>
</html>
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Members online

Forum statistics

Threads
473,994
Messages
2,570,223
Members
46,813
Latest member
lawrwtwinkle111

Latest Threads

Top