following is a JavaScript code snippet using Powerful JQuery library for dealing with select HTML tag (which is – by the way – pain to deal with core javascript language).
the html code
…..
<select id=”my-ml-list” name=”my-ml-list”>
<option value=”java”>XML</option>
<option value=”java”>HTML</option>
<option value=”java”>XHTML</option>
<option value=”java”>HAML</option>
<option value=”java”>YAML</option>
<option value=”java”>YASL</option>
</select>
…..
what can jquery do for you with this list, some is follow:
iterate on all elements
<script language=”javascript”>
$(“my-ml-list option”).each (
function () {
// this object is the current option HTML object.
alert(“current option value is: ” + this.value); // show message of it’s value.
}
);
</script>