Reliability/Availability of Option, Select, etc. objects

[Joe Kelsey]

I cannot find references to the use of code like the following
anywhere in the W3C DOM:

var select = document.getEle mentById ('myselect');
select.options[select.options. length] = new Option ('string',
'string');

In other words, which W3C document standardizes the "new Option"
interface? Or does this fall into the category of the mythical "DOM
0" interface, documented nowhere but implemented everywhere?

AFAIK, the W3C DOM specifies the existence of objects which implement
the interfaces of HTMLSelectEleme nt, HTMLOptionEleme nt, and so on, but
it does not actually specify the ability to actually instantiate an
HTMLOptionEleme nt outside of the Document.create Element method.

I suppose it just means that for hysterical reasons, everyone needs to
support the original Netscpae interface including the legacy Objects,
so I might as well join the crowd, even though the Gecko DOM reference
makes no reference to them.

/Joe

[DWilliams]

Re: Reliability/Availability of Option, Select, etc. objects

Joe,

I think "new Option" belongs to the realm of JavaScript.

http://devedge.netscape.com/library/manuals/2000/javascript/1.3/reference/op

tion.html

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HTH,
DWilliams

"Joe Kelsey" <joe-gg@zircon.seatt le.wa.us> wrote in message
news:151bebc0.0 309021217.1a354 e5c@posting.goo gle.com...[color=blue]
> I cannot find references to the use of code like the following
> anywhere in the W3C DOM:
>
> var select = document.getEle mentById ('myselect');
> select.options[select.options. length] = new Option ('string',
> 'string');
>
> In other words, which W3C document standardizes the "new Option"
> interface? Or does this fall into the category of the mythical "DOM
> 0" interface, documented nowhere but implemented everywhere?
>
> AFAIK, the W3C DOM specifies the existence of objects which implement
> the interfaces of HTMLSelectEleme nt, HTMLOptionEleme nt, and so on, but
> it does not actually specify the ability to actually instantiate an
> HTMLOptionEleme nt outside of the Document.create Element method.
>
> I suppose it just means that for hysterical reasons, everyone needs to
> support the original Netscpae interface including the legacy Objects,
> so I might as well join the crowd, even though the Gecko DOM reference
> makes no reference to them.
>
> /Joe[/color]