Hello, 

I have a drop down list that when a value is selected the page
refreshes itself but the selected value changes back to the default
value. I would like to keep the selected value after the page is
refreshed. any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

Patrick

You haven't said how your document is being refreshed. If you are using the
onchange handler in the select to call a function that repopulates the list
it shouldn't be a problem. If you are submitting the form and the page is
being refreshed you should do it server side. For the former
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// Before you repopulate the list trap the selection.
function yourFunction() {
    var savedIndex  = document.forms["your form
name"].yourSelectList.selectedIndex;
    your code here.........
// after you repopulate the list, programatically change the selection.
    document.forms["your form
name"].yourSelectList.options[savedIndex].selected = true;
}
----------------------------------------------------
// alternatively you could pass it to the function that rewrites the select
list.
<select name = "yourSelectList" onchange =
"yourFunction(this.selectedIndex)">
function yourFunction( savedIndex )
    your code here.......
    document.forms["your form
name"].yourSelectList.options[savedIndex].selected = true;
}
hope that helps

"Patrick" <patrick.mcdonald@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:76cb6ae9.0409021558.6783596c@posting.google.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have a drop down list that when a value is selected the page
> refreshes itself but the selected value changes back to the default
> value. I would like to keep the selected value after the page is
> refreshed. any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Patrick

What type of page is it?  HTML, ASP, PHP, etc.?

Shawn