[Javascript] IE verses the option element onclick event

[raanders at acm.org (Roderick A. Anderson)]

I hate replying to my own posts but in this case I have an answer and it 
worked.  I was so frazzled I only looked at the first page Google turned 
up.  The clue-stick was on the second ( or third ).


Rod
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Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> I just ran into this interesting non-feature of IE.  There is no onclick 
> event for an <option /> ( it looks like IE 6 and older ).
> 
> Being new to serious Javascript'in I haven't found any example code to 
> solve it.
> 
> My searching found some code that hints at the issue here.
> 
> http://www.lattimore.id.au/2005/07/01/select-option-disabled-and-the-javascript-solution/ 
> 
> 
> What I'm trying to do is change an image next to the 'only' <select /> 
> list in the document depending on which <option /> is selected.
> 
> Suggestions of where to look for a QaD answer of how to determine which 
> <option /> was selected when the onchange event fires for the <select />.
> 
> 
> TIA,
> Rod