Visual InterDev

selectedIndex Property

See Also Applies To

Indicates the index of the currently selected item.

Syntax

object.selectedIndex[ = index]

Parameters

object

A Listbox script object.

index

Specifies the index of the currently selected item as described in the following table.

Setting	Description
-1	Indicates no item is currently selected.
0 or Positive integer	Indicates the index of the currently selected item. The index is zero-based.

Remarks

The index of the first item in the list is 0. The getCount method is always 1 greater than the value of selectedIndex.

Example

Uses the window onload event in DHTML to fill a listbox.

function window_onload() 
{
   for ( i=0; i<5; i++)
   {
      myListbox.addItem("Item " + i );   
   }
   myListbox.selectedIndex = 3;      // select the 4th item
}