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How does one find the value of a drop down in Internet Explorer?

The form below works in Firefox and Safari. But not in Internet
Explorer. Can someone tell me how to code this so IE understands it?

<script language="javascript">
function copyDescription() {

document.myForm.Description.value=document.myForm. MakeDescription.value
}
</script>

<form name="myForm" id="myForm">
<SELECT name="MakeDescription" onChange="copyDescription();">
<OPTION selected value="">Choose</OPTION>
<OPTION>A</OPTION>
<OPTION>B</OPTION>
<OPTION>C</OPTION>
</SELECT>
<br /><br />
<input name="Description" id="Description" type="text" />
</form>

Any help appreciated!

On Apr 20, 7:27 am, antiiner...@gmail.com wrote:
> How does one find the value of a drop down in Internet Explorer?
>
> The form below works in Firefox and Safari. But not in Internet
> Explorer. Can someone tell me how to code this so IE understands it?
>
> <script language="javascript">

The language attribute is deprecated, type is required.


> function copyDescription() {
>
> document.myForm.Description.value=document.myForm. MakeDescription.value}

Since your options don't have value attributes but do have text
attributes, you can use:


document.myForm.Description.value=document.myForm. MakeDescription.text;


Why doesn't IE follow the W3C spec? Dunno.


>
> </script>
>
> <form name="myForm" id="myForm">
> <SELECT name="MakeDescription" onChange="copyDescription();">
> <OPTION selected value="">Choose</OPTION>
> <OPTION>A</OPTION>
> <OPTION>B</OPTION>
> <OPTION>C</OPTION>
> </SELECT>
> <br /><br />
> <input name="Description" id="Description" type="text" />
> </form>


--
Rob