Drop down methods

java script methods for drop down.

selectedIndex - to get the selected index value
options[].value - to get the value of the selected item
options[].text - to get the option for the selected item

ex:

Ruby
Rails
Java
php


var list_box = document.getElementById('id_of_dropdown_box');
list_box.selectedIndex; --> returns the value of selected index(drop down index starts from 0) '1' check

options[0].value --> value of the zero th element '1' check

options[0].text --> text of the zero th element 'Ruby' check