Selected Index not working on Safari browser 5.1.7, works fine in IE...

[shravan88k]

var elementObj = document.getElementById('code');
alert("hi");
var elementIndex = elementObj.selectedIndex;
alert("hello");

For the above code, any cod after the selectedIndex line does not execute on Safari browser 5.1.7

Please help, or provide an alternative...

[Dormilich]

what HTML element is the one with said ID?

since any code after that doesn’t execute, there should be a message in the error console. (I stab a guess at "elementObj is null or not an object")

[shravan88k]

it is a dropdown box... but the same code works fine on IE.... is getElementByID invalid on Safari Browser?

[shravan88k]

TypeError: 'null' is not an object (evaluating 'elementObj.selectedIndex')

[Dormilich]

I guess you call it before that element is fully loaded.

[shravan88k]

I used getElementsByName.. and it works now :)

[acoder]

I know you've solved this problem, but it'd be interesting to see your HTML code. I have a suspicion that you were trying to access the drop-down element with name "code" and no ID...