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For an html <select> control , does the browser store each <option> as a
separate element in the DOM tree ?

Or are the select options stored in some other manner ?

Something like

<select name="sample" id="sample">
<option value="1">The first</option>
<option value="2">The Second</option>
<option value="3">The Third</option>
</select>
<script type="text/javascript">
function showOptions()
{
var ddl=document.getElementById('sample');
for(i=0;i<ddl.options.length;i++)
{


alert('Text:' + ddl.options[i].text + ',value:' +
ddl.options[i].value);
}
}
</script>
<input type="button" onclick="showOptions()" value="Show options"
/>

should show you the idea


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Teemu Keiski
AspInsider, ASP.NET MVP
http://blogs.aspadvice.com/joteke
http://teemukeiski.net


"John Grandy" <johnagrandy-at-gmail-dot-com> wrote in message
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> For an html <select> control , does the browser store each <option> as a
> separate element in the DOM tree ?
>
> Or are the select options stored in some other manner ?
>