Below is the IDL definition of the HTMLOptionEleme nt.
interface HTMLOptionEleme nt : HTMLElement {
readonly attribute HTMLFormElement form;
attribute boolean defaultSelected ;
readonly attribute DOMString text;
attribute long index;
attribute boolean disabled;
attribute DOMString label;
readonly attribute boolean selected;
attribute DOMString value;
};
You will notice that the 'text' and 'selected' properties are marked as
read-only. This adds an interesting dilemma: how do you go about
programatically modifying these properties, especially considering the
need to assign to 'text' when creating a new object? Would you add a text
node, as you find in HTML, to represent the text displayed? If that is the
correct approach, it still leaves 'selected' inaccessible[1].
Something that I did notice is that the ECMAScript bindings don't mark any
properties as read-only, and assigning to 'text' is possible, certainly in
Opera. Is that because there is no concept of read-only, so the browser
can choose to ignore assignments, or some other reason?
Mike
[1] I realise that you can use the 'selectedIndex' property to select
single options, but that isn't of much use when the SELECT element can
have multiple selected options.
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Michael Winter M.******@blueyo nder.co.invalid (replace ".invalid" with ".uk" to reply) 2 3419
Michael Winter wrote: Below is the IDL definition of the HTMLOptionEleme nt.
interface HTMLOptionEleme nt : HTMLElement { readonly attribute HTMLFormElement form; attribute boolean defaultSelected ; readonly attribute DOMString text; attribute long index; attribute boolean disabled; attribute DOMString label; readonly attribute boolean selected; attribute DOMString value; };
You will notice that the 'text' and 'selected' properties are marked as read-only. This adds an interesting dilemma: how do you go about programatically modifying these properties, especially considering the need to assign to 'text' when creating a new object? Would you add a text node, as you find in HTML, to represent the text displayed? If that is the correct approach, it still leaves 'selected' inaccessible[1].
The W3C DOM Level 2 HTML module at http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTM...ml#ID-70901257
contains
interface HTMLOptionEleme nt : HTMLElement {
readonly attribute HTMLFormElement form;
// Modified in DOM Level 2:
attribute boolean defaultSelected ;
readonly attribute DOMString text;
// Modified in DOM Level 2:
readonly attribute long index;
attribute boolean disabled;
attribute DOMString label;
attribute boolean selected;
attribute DOMString value;
};
You haven't told us which version you are referring to but the above is
up to date and doesn't mark the selected attribute (or property in
JavaScript terms) as readonly.
As for the text, yes, you should be able to append a text node as a
child node to set that, IE5+, Netscape 6+, Opera 7 allow that.
Something that I did notice is that the ECMAScript bindings don't mark any properties as read-only, and assigning to 'text' is possible, certainly in Opera. Is that because there is no concept of read-only, so the browser can choose to ignore assignments, or some other reason?
No, I am sure Opera 7 implements some readonly requirements of the W3C
DOM HTML module, for instance try
var button = document.create Element('button ');
button.type = 'reset';
and you should get an error as unfortunately the DOM even in level 2
marks that property as readonly.
I think the reason that it is possible to set text for <option> elements
is historical as browser have allowed that with
var option = new Option();
option.text = 'option text';
even before there was any W3C DOM. But of course that is a guess, only
someone at Opera can answer that for Opera, for Mozilla you might want
to search bugzilla whether text was readonly at sometime and a bug
requesting to change that for NN4 compatibility was accepted and fixed.
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Martin Honnen http://JavaScript.FAQTs.com/
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 18:06:29 +0100, Martin Honnen <ma*******@yaho o.de>
wrote: Michael Winter wrote:
<snip>
You haven't told us which version you are referring to but the above is up to date and doesn't mark the selected attribute (or property in JavaScript terms) as readonly.
Sorry, I was referring to DOM 1 (as you probably guessed). I was going to
check if they had made any changes to Level 2.
As for the text, yes, you should be able to append a text node as a child node to set that, IE5+, Netscape 6+, Opera 7 allow that.
I could have just tested it, but I didn't want to just assume that "if it
works here, it'll work elsewhere". Something that I did notice is that the ECMAScript bindings don't mark any properties as read-only, and assigning to 'text' is possible, certainly in Opera. Is that because there is no concept of read-only, so the browser can choose to ignore assignments, or some other reason?
No, I am sure Opera 7 implements some readonly requirements of the W3C DOM HTML module, for instance try var button = document.create Element('button '); button.type = 'reset'; and you should get an error as unfortunately the DOM even in level 2 marks that property as readonly.
I do. Luckly, you can use the Element.setAttr ibute() method.
I think the reason that it is possible to set text for <option> elements is historical as browser have allowed that with var option = new Option(); option.text = 'option text'; even before there was any W3C DOM.
<snip>
That was my assumption as well.
Mike
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