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[Htmlunit-user] HtmlSelect's appendOption

[Vinay M. <vin...@gm...>]

Hi,
I am trying to append an option into a drop down list using
HtmlSelect's appendOption.
Is there a reason why this might not work on a list ?
This is what I am trying to do:

HtmlSelect dropDownList = (HtmlSelect)myForm.getSelectByName("cars");
Map attributesMap = new HashMap();
attributesMap.put("text","ford");
attributesMap.put("value","FORD");
HtmlOption newOption = new HtmlOption(myPage,attributesMap);
dropDownList.appendOption(newOption);

myPage contains myForm which in turn contains dropDownList

This works on a testpage(page on my machine) but when I try a similar
thing on a different site, I am unable to add the new option. I looked
into the options in the drop down list using
dropDownList.getAllOptions().

Best Regards
Vinay

Re: [Htmlunit-user] HtmlSelect's appendOption

[Brad C. <yo...@br...>]

Since it works sometimes I really can't tell you much without seeing it fail.

Why are you doing this anyway? :)

Brad C

--- Vinay Murthy <vin...@gm...> wrote:

> Hi,
> I am trying to append an option into a drop down list using
> HtmlSelect's appendOption.
> Is there a reason why this might not work on a list ?
> This is what I am trying to do:
> 
> HtmlSelect dropDownList = (HtmlSelect)myForm.getSelectByName("cars");
> Map attributesMap = new HashMap();
> attributesMap.put("text","ford");
> attributesMap.put("value","FORD");
> HtmlOption newOption = new HtmlOption(myPage,attributesMap);
> dropDownList.appendOption(newOption);
> 
> myPage contains myForm which in turn contains dropDownList
> 
> This works on a testpage(page on my machine) but when I try a similar
> thing on a different site, I am unable to add the new option. I looked
> into the options in the drop down list using
> dropDownList.getAllOptions().
> 
> Best Regards
> Vinay