How can I get an attribute of a DropDownList item using javascript?

[Martin_]

Hi, I added an attribute to the items of a DropDownList. cbBudget.Items(0).Attributes.Add("bLocked", true) cbBudget.Items(1).Attributes.Add("bLocked", false) Now I want to get the value of the selected item in the DropDownList using javascript. I tried something like this: document.getElementById("cbBudget").selectedItem.getAttribute("bLocked") but it doesn't work. The source looks like this: Class1 Class 2 Thank you for your suggestions.

[kubben]

Something like this should work:

var ddl = document.getElementByName("cbBudget");
if (ddl != null && ddl.length > 0)
{
ddl[0].attributes["bLocked"];
}

I wrote an article on debuggin javascript. That might help you: http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/UsingVSToDebugJavascript.asp[^] Hope that helps. Ben

[Martin_]

This also worked var index =document.getElementById("cbBudget").selectedIndex; alert(document.getElementById("cbBudget").options[index].bLocked) Thanks Ben

[Martin_]

Thanks Ben, That is a great article, now I don't have to Alert("I am here"); anymore. Martin

[kubben]

Glad you liked it. Without it I don't think I would have gotten into javascript. Too much like the old Cobol programming I used to have to do with the "I am here" to debug. Ben