anyone?

[justAnoob]

sorry to post this here,, but no one is ever on the other boards...

I'm looking to put some validation on my listmenu on my page.. the validation for my textfields work great

ex.

 

<input name="item_name" type="text" id="item_name" size="50" /><span id="item_name_error" class="error"></span>   

 

if (!form1.item_name.value)

    {

        document.getElementById('item_name_error').innerHTML = 'Please enter a name.';

        valid = false;

    }

    else

    {

        document.getElementById('item_name_error').innerHTML = '';

    }

 

 

 

thats works perfectly

 

now how would i go about adding the span id into a listmenu??

 

<select name="listmenu" size="1" id="listmenu">

<option selected="selected">Please select category</option>

<option>1</option>

<option>2</option>

<option>3</option>

<option>4</option>

</select>

 

 

basically i would like it to say something like

 

if (form1.listmenu.value = "Please select category")

{

        document.getElementById(listmenu_error').innerHTML = 'You did not choose a category.';

        valid = false;

}

 

I have tried a couple variations,, but I'm still new to all this.. Anyone have any input?

 

 

[xtopolis]

<select name="listmenu" size="1" id="listmenu">
<option selected="selected" value="0">Please select category</option>
<option value="1">1</option>

Assign values to the option tags, as the innerHTML is just a text representation.  Check the values by using the selectedIndex's value.

 

if (form1.options[options.selectedIndex].value == "1") {
//do something
}

The if statement should be accurate, but if not google "selectedIndex" to find the right way.  You might have to change the referencing in relation to your form/select names.

[nrg_alpha]

justAnoob, just dropping by to ask that for future reference, please use a more descriptive thread title (like perhaps 'listmenu validation help' or something along those lines in this case), and not something like 'anyone?'. Being descriptive helps give other members a better idea of the issue at hand at a glance (and as a result, you might get their participation instead of them simply passing you by deliberately).