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Does onclick of an <option> tag inside a <select> tag work?

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salils

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Hello friends,
I am trying to call a function from the onclick of an <option> tag. I just have a simple alert message within the function. The function doesn't get called. I have posted the code below:

<HEAD>
<SCRIPT type="text/javascript">
function func_1() {
alert('test');
}</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<body>
<SELECT size="10" name="Reports">
<OPTION value="unapproved">Unapproved</OPTION>
<OPTION value="history" onclick="func_1();">History</OPTION>
</SELECT>
</body>

Thanks,
Salil
 
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salils, the onclick does not work for the option tag but you can do something like this.
Code: 
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT type="text/javascript">
function func_1(which) {
  alert(which);
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<body>
<SELECT size="10" name="Reports"  onclick="func_1(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value);">
<OPTION value="unapproved">Unapproved</OPTION>
<OPTION value="history">History</OPTION>
</SELECT>
</body>

When a change is made to the selection it passes the value of the newly selected item to the function. You should be able to do what you need that way.


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yep. I did something similar and it has worked.

Thanks,
Salil
 
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