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October 10th, 2006, 03:49 AM

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get displayed name of the <select> tag

Hi,

Consider the example:

<option>
  <select value="1"/>Jan
  <select value="2"/>Feb
  <select value="3"/>Mar
</option>

My Qs is how can i get the displayed names ie Jan Feb etc in javascript. I want Jan,Feb.... & not 1,2,3...

Pls help
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October 20th, 2006, 11:21 PM

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I think the property you are looking for is "text".

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