FireFox may be "remembering" whatever you last selected. That's a browser "feature" you have to live with. Move along, nothing to see here :-) On Sun, December 30, 2007 9:46 pm, Mary Anderson wrote: > in my <select> scrolling list? > > Here is the offending code (abbreviated) > <select name="sr_location_id" class="" size=10 > > <option value='94' >Italy</option> > <option value='97' selected>Japan</option> > <option value='252' >Jersey</option> > <option value='294' >Jiangsu</option> > <option value='295' >Jiangxi</option> > > I have data series which have a location specified. I wish to edit > the > data series. I select the location from the database (Note: database > stuff is not a problem) and display a scrolling list with the location > specified by that data series highlighted. Problem is, even though > the > option is marked selected, the Japan entry in the scrolling list does > not highlight. > > The offending page may be viewed at > > http://www.demog.berkeley.edu/~maryfran/memdev/edit_series.php?sr_data_series_id=2 > > > Sometimes when it loads, Japan is highlighted correctly. Sometimes > nothing is highlighted. Sometimes some random option in the list is > highlighted. Similar behavior is observed in the data series types > scrolling list next to the locations list on the page. > > I have been using Firefox 2.0.0.3. I just tried it out on IE7 and it > seems to work OK. Maybe it is a browser problem, but the XDynamic > HTML > Definitive Reference seems to say that the selected attribute on > option > works OK with mozilla. > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. http://cdbaby.com/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php