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Hi:

The 'onclick' clause used in an <option> element of a <Select> Tag
seems to work perfectly in all browsers I've checked (i.e., Chrome, FF,
Opera, and Safari) *except* for IE7.

This onclick clause simply activates a js function when the particular
<option> is 'clicked'.

In IE7 nothing happens, and no error is shown

The other browsers work perfectly.

Any suggestions please ??

Thank you !

-Mel Smith






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Mel Smith

On 15/09/10 20:45, Mel Smith wrote:

> The 'onclick' clause used in an <option> element of a <Select> Tag
> seems to work perfectly in all browsers I've checked (i.e., Chrome, FF,
> Opera, and Safari) *except* for IE7.
>
> This onclick clause simply activates a js function when the particular
> <option> is 'clicked'.
>
> In IE7 nothing happens, and no error is shown
>
> The other browsers work perfectly.
>
> Any suggestions please ??

1) Is the onclick handler not getting called, or is the onclick handler
called but the function breaking in ie? If you use
onclick='alert("clicked");' do you see the alert box?

2) comp.lang.javascript

Rgds

Denis McMahon

Denis said:

> 1) Is the onclick handler not getting called, or is the onclick handler
> called but the function breaking in ie? If you use
> onclick='alert("clicked");' do you see the alert box?

No, the alert() box does not show up.
>
> 2) comp.lang.javascript

Yes, I'll re-post to the js group -- where I lurk and post stupid
questions a lot.

Thanks for the response.

(btw, I've never had a problem with the 'onclick' event before --- *only*
with the <option> element of the <select> box tag ???)

-Mel Smith.

On 9/15/2010 12:45 PM, Mel Smith wrote:
> Hi:
> The 'onclick' clause used in an<option> element of a<Select> Tag
> seems to work perfectly in all browsers I've checked (i.e., Chrome, FF,
> Opera, and Safari) *except* for IE7.
> This onclick clause simply activates a js function when the particular
> <option> is 'clicked'. In IE7 nothing happens, and no error is shown
> The other browsers work perfectly. Any suggestions please ??
> Thank you !
> -Mel Smith

http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread115562.html

On 15 Sep 2010, "Mel Smith" <> wrote:

> Denis said:
>
>> 1) Is the onclick handler not getting called, or is the onclick
>> handler called but the function breaking in ie? If you use
>> onclick='alert("clicked");' do you see the alert box?
>
> No, the alert() box does not show up.
>>
>> 2) comp.lang.javascript
>
> Yes, I'll re-post to the js group -- where I lurk and post stupid
> questions a lot.
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
> (btw, I've never had a problem with the 'onclick' event before ---
> *only* with the <option> element of the <select> box tag ???)

It might be a peculiarity of ie7, but you could try "onmouseup".

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Neredbojias

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Neredbojias said:
>> (btw, I've never had a problem with the 'onclick' event before ---
>> *only* with the <option> element of the <select> box tag ???)
>
> It might be a peculiarity of ie7, but you could try "onmouseup".


I've carried on this post on the comp.lang.javascript ng, where I got
further help

The 'end' solution was to transfer the 'action' up to the <select>
element itself, and change the action clause to:

<select onchange="chkopt(this);" >
etc, etc
</select>


Thanks for the comment

-Mel Smith