Ok I'll start out with I found:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/327244/
BUG: ComboBox Does Not Clear When You Set SelectedIndex to -1
Ok so in HTML you can have:
<select id="MyList">
<option value="1">1
<option value="2">2
<option value="3">3
</select>
And in javascript you can set MyList.selectedIndex = -1 which will display
the dropdown with nothing selected.
I'm using .NET 1.1 and this doesn't work? WHY? Why has there been no fix
for this that I can find. The ListBox control allows the SelectedIndex = -1
and shows the list with nothing selected but the Dropdownlist control reverts
to SelectedIndex = 0 when you set it to -1 and always shows the first item
selected.
Yes I know I could add a blank item to the list but that's not the point.
Microsoft Obviously knows there a bug but hasn't fixed it. Even the work
arounds do not work.
Anyone have any comments or solutions about this.