Specifications

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The following example illustrates the settings for an editable select list:

<select name="travelOptions" style="width:250px" editable="true"

editText="other (please specify)">

<option value="plane">plane</option>

</select>

When you use select lists in your extensions, you can check for the presence and value of the

editable attribute. If no value is present, the select list returns the default value of

false, which

indicates that the select list is not editable.

As with normal (noneditable) select lists, editable select lists have a

selectedIndex property (see

“Objects, properties, and methods of the Dreamweaver DOM” on page 42). This property

returns -1 if the text box is selected.

To read the value of an active editable text box into an extension, read the value of the

editText

property.

editText returns the string that the user entered into the editable text box, the value of

the

editText attribute, or an empty string if no text has been entered and no value has been

specified for

editText.

Dreamweaver adds the following custom attributes for <

select> to control editable pop-up lists:

Note: Editable select lists are available in Dreamweaver MX.

Attribute Name Description Accepted Values

editable Declares that the pop-up list has an

editable text area

Boolean value of true or false

editText Holds or sets text within the editable text

area

A string of any value