click event in SELECT element

[araripe]

Hi,

Does someone can help me with the following problem?
I have a SELECT form tag, with some OPTIONS elements. I am using the
following code to detect a click in the SELECT.

....
document.onclic k = fnc_document_cl ick
....

function fnc_document_cl ick(){
if(window.event .srcElement.id == "my_lst"){
......
}
}

How can I avoid the "if" if user click in a area of SELECT out of the
options elements? (The SELECT object is higher than the the goups of
OPTIONS its contains)

In other words, how can detect if the click Iinside the SELECT element)
happens in a OPTION element or not?

Thanks in advance

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

Re: click event in SELECT element

araripe wrote:
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> document.onclic k = fnc_document_cl ick
> ...
>
> function fnc_document_cl ick(){
> if(window.event .srcElement.id == "my_lst"){
> ......
> }
> }[/color]

This is inefficient error-prone proprietary referencing and IE-only.
Don't use it.
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> How can I avoid the "if" if user click in a area of SELECT out of the
> options elements? (The SELECT object is higher than the the goups of
> OPTIONS its contains)
>
> In other words, how can detect if the click Iinside the SELECT element)
> happens in a OPTION element or not?[/color]

You don't. Handle the event where it occurs and you don't have
to test for anything but the target elements:

function foo(target)
{
// handle event
}

<select ... onclick="foo(th is);">
...
</select>

Note that it does not work if client-side JS is not supported, so
be sure to provide a viable alternative (probably server-side).


PointedEars