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Option.selected

The selected property specifies the current selected option of the select list.



<html>
    <head>
    <title> Example of the selected property of the option object</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <script language="JavaScript">
    <!--
    function check(myForm){
       for (var i = 0; i < document.form1.myList.length; i++) {
          if (document.form1.myList.options[i].selected == true) {
             alert("The selected value is: " + document.form1.myList.options[i].value);
          }
       }
    }
    -->
    </script>
    <form name=form1>
    <select name="myList" multiple>
    <option value=1>One
    <option value=2>Two
    <option value=3>Three
    <option value=4>Four
    </select><P>
    <input type="button" value="Get Value" onClick='check(this.form)'>
    </form>
    </body>
    </html>