Setting "text" value to "option" element in IE

[gabon]

I'm creating a select entirely through JavaScript and very strangely IE
doesn't show the text in the option elements.

Here part of the code:

this.form_count ry=document.cre ateElement("sel ect");
var option;
for(var i=0; i<arr.length; i++){
option=document .createElement( "option");
option.value=ar r[i].code;
option.text=arr[i]._value;
alert(option.va lue+" - "+option.te xt);
this.form_count ry.appendChild( option);
}

It works perfeclty on FireFox, funny thing is that the alert works
properly but there is no way to see any text inside :S

Any idea? Of course I googled and very strangely I didn't find anything
about it.
Many thanks, chr

[RobG]

gabon wrote:

I'm creating a select entirely through JavaScript and very strangely IE
doesn't show the text in the option elements.

Here part of the code:

this.form_count ry=document.cre ateElement("sel ect");
I'll use this for convenience, you may chose to do so, or not:

var sel = document.create Element("select ");

var option;
for(var i=0; i<arr.length; i++){
Replace from here...
option=document .createElement( "option");
option.value=ar r[i].code;
option.text=arr[i]._value;
alert(option.va lue+" - "+option.te xt);
this.form_count ry.appendChild( option);
.... to here with:

sel.options[sel.options.len gth] =
new Option(arr[i]._value, arr[i].code);
Change 'sel' back to 'this.form_coun try' if you want.
}

It works perfeclty on FireFox, funny thing is that the alert works
properly but there is no way to see any text inside :S

Any idea? Of course I googled and very strangely I didn't find anything
about it.

Syntax of new Option is:

new Option([text[, value[, defaultSelected[, selected]]]])

where defaultSelected & selected are booleans (true/false).
This is an old reference, but all I could find in a hurry (sleep
beckons...):

<URL:http://devedge-temp.mozilla.or g/library/manuals/2000/javascript/1.3/reference/option.html>

--
Rob

[gabon]

Thanks a lot Rob, it's what I needed :)
Nice one, chr