Displayed text of Dropdown list with bound values

[Former Community Member]

I'm sure this is simple and may have been asked before (sorry I can't find it).

If a dropdown list has bound values, in javascript, how do you interrogate the displayed text of the field..

DropdownList1.rawValue returns the bound value, so how would you get the text?

Thanks

[Former Community Member]

For example, I have a dropdown called 'stooges' with values 1, 2, 3 and text Larry, Curly, and Moe.

var i = form1.page1.subform1.stooges.selectedIndex;

var favoriteStooge = form1.page1.subform1.stooges.getDisplayItem(i);

Steve

[Former Community Member · Accepted solution]

or simply DropDownList1.formattedValue;

Paul

[Former Community Member]

or xfa.event.newText

even less typing

Steve

[Former Community Member]

Thanks Steve,

Sorry - but Paul get's the points though

I've seen it before, but you use rawValue you much, you forget about formattedValue when you need it