175997 - onchange doesn't excute the intended JS

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core :: DOM: Events, defect)

Description

[khalid]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021016
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021016

http://creaturesx.ma.cx/browse.php, in this page there's a <select> from which
you can choose the page you want to go to, this is done by using the onchange
attribute
<select onchange="jsfunction()">
it doesn't work although it works on IE, it facilitates the usage however.
because i don't have to add "GO" button beside it it automatically goes.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.just go to the page
2.then tyr to choose a page
3.and it won't work 

Actual Results:  
when you select the intended page the browser doesn't react

Expected Results:  
the browser should take you to the intended page

sorry if this is a nearly a feature, but i saw a lot of websites that use this
thing and it's extra important, i submitted because i'm not sure if it is a bug
or a feature request, however thanx for help

Comment 1

[Copperfield]

You have alot of invalid code on your page which is causing the problem. You're
referencing form elements by their ID's only (e.g. myform.page.value), when you
should be using document.forms['myform'].page or
document.getElementById(elementId)
<http://www.mozilla.org/docs/dom/domref/dom_doc_ref.html#1022427>.

You're also using "\" characters in your <img> tags, when you should be using
the conventional "/" for loading media on the internet.  This is not a problem
is Mozilla. Go to <http://www.webreference.com/programming/javascript/> and
observe that their "Browse >" <select> (in the page footer) which uses the
onclick handler functions correctly.

Comment 2

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

> myform.page.value=mypage.value

"myform" is not defined, so this code cannot work.  Use document.myform and
things will be happy

> because i don't have to add "GO" button beside it

Except for people who have JS disabled because of security concerns...

Comment 3

[Wesha]

Khalid, 

It would make a lot of sense if you used Javascript Console (Tools -> Web
Development -> Javascript Console). Make using it a habit; that will make you
see the sources of problems right away. For example, open that console and load
your page in Mozilla.

v.

Comment 4

[Boris Zbarsky [:bzbarsky]]

Actually, the JS console showed no error here.... we have some issues with some
errors in event handlers.  :(