Hi... you can try some function like:

<script>
function copy()
{
  var
foo=document.form_name.select_name.options[document.form_name.select_name.se
lectedIndex].text;
  document.form_name.textbox_name.value=foo;
}
</script>

And then just call the function copy() on your onChange....:
<select name="mySelect" size="1" onChange="copy()">

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Mário Ramos (3812)
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From: <plscribner@w...>
To: "javascript" <javascript@p...>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 12:17 AM
Subject: [javascript] Read <option> text </option>


> Hi All,
>
> I have a <select> block with several <options>.  The value inside each
> option is the primary key to a database record.  The english
> representations from which users make their selections are, of course,
> text.  For example:
>
> <select name="mySelect" size="1">
>    <option value=234>1947 Chevrolet</option>
>    <option value=63>1977 Cadillac</option>
> </select>
>
> When the user selects one of the options I need to use onChange to copy
> the text between the <option></option> tags for their selection to a text
> box.  But I can't find the right property to do so.  I can 'value'
> and 'selectedIndex' but not the actual text.
>
> Can anybody give me a hand with this?
>
> Thanks so much in advance.
>
> Peter
>
>
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