Dynamic HTML: The Definitive Reference

Name

selectedIndex — NN 2 IE 3 DOM 1

Synopsis

Read/Write

The zero-based integer of the option selected by the user. If the SELECT element is set to allow multiple selections, the selectedIndex property returns the index of the first selected item (see the selected property). You can use this property to gain access to the value or text of the selected item, as shown in the example.

Example

var list = document.forms[0].selectList
var listValue = list.options[list.selectedIndex].value

Value

Positive integer.

Default

None.