Bill Moseley wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2006 at 09:43:45AM -0500, Michael Peters wrote:
>
>>You could instead use Ajax.Request which would receive an XML doc which would
>>contain the values you need. Then you can do something like this:
>>
>> $('id_of_city_field').value = city;
>> $('id_of_state_dropdown').value = state;
>
>
> But does that make that option selected?
>
> Wouldn't I need to walk the options array and find the matching item
> and then set the selected option?
>
> $('id_of_select').selectedIndex = matching_index;
You shouldn't. By changing the value of a <select> input, it changes what is
selected. Does it not work for you?
--
Michael Peters
Developer
Plus Three, LP
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