> As of the 1.5 standard, I don't believe JavaScript > (ECMAScript, whatever) included a "value" property for form > elements.
Well, strictly speaking, this isn't a JavaScript thing as much as an HTML DOM thing. It's up to the DOM to specify what's what in the browser. In the case of SELECT fields: http://www.w3schools.com/htmldom/dom_obj_select.asp According to this, the VALUE attribute is available for SELECT, and is writeable. I've never tried to do this, though. I still refer to the values of options through the options array, because originally that was the only thing that would work in both Netscape and IE. > If anyone decides to do some more testing on this, I'd be > interested in knowing if the form element's value is > read/write or read only. I would suspect that it's read only > but it would be interesting to find out what happens if you > try to write to the property. If the above URL is correct, it's writeable. Again, though, if I want to change an option's value, I just delete and recreate the option using the Option constructor. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:256161 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
