Internet Explorer 1.5 Does Not Select Default Selection

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 1.5 for Windows NT
• Microsoft Internet Information Server version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

Internet Explorer version 1.5 for Microsoft Windows NT from Internet Information Server (IIS) version 1.0 does not select the pre-selected item of an option list in an HTML form until you click the Reset button.

MORE INFORMATION

You can reproduce the behavior with the following form:

<FORM ACTION="/scripts/args.cmd" METHOD="GET"><BR> Choose a item: <A NAME="item_list"></A>

   <SELECT MULTIPLE NAME="item">
      <OPTION SELECTED VALUE="Item1">Item 1
      <OPTION VALUE="Item2">Item 2
      <OPTION VALUE="Item3">Item 3
      <OPTION VALUE="Item4">Item 4
      <OPTION VALUE="Item5">Item 5
      <OPTION VALUE="Item6">Item 6
   </SELECT>
   <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Submit">
   <INPUT TYPE=RESET VALUE="Reset"><BR>

Notice that the first option of the Select list is selected and should be selected. When the page with the form is loaded using Internet Explorer version 1.5 for Windows NT, no list items are selected.

1. Click the submit button. The following URL is created:

         http://server/scripts/args.cmd?
   

2. Click the Back button for Internet Explorer to get back to the page containing the form.

3. Click the Reset button on the form. Now the first item in the list is selected like it should be.

4. Click the Submit button. The following URL is created:

         http://server/scripts/args.cmd?item=Item1
   

5. Go back and click the Reload button of the browser. As a result, the default item in the list is no longer selected.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Explorer version 1.5 for Windows NT. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.