Append drop down options string via javascript

[Master81]

Hi

 

Right I'm using ajax and php to dynamically populate my drop down list. All is working except one thing. I am trying to send the <option> tags (in an array) by echoing this out to the javascript file.

 

Now I know in javascript I can create new options by using the createElement option but how do I tell javascript that I want to basically append the <option> tags into the droplist?

 

If anyone has any thoughts on how I can do this, that would be great. Thanks.

[BenInBlack]

I fought that for the longest time and then i found the "new Option()" way

so, I just bring back the option values in the xml and I clear out the current, and refill it.

you can do it other ways, like just doin the new Option()

 

here is code I use all the time (cross browsers)

var lSelectObj = document.getElementById('dropdown');
lSelectObj.options.length = 0
for (j=0;j<x.length;j++)
{
   vNewValues = optionVal[j];
	   vNewText = optionText[j]
           lSelectObj.options[j] = new Option(vNewText,vNewValues);
}