433301 - selecting options does not update innerHTML

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 159282

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[bugrep109]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.14) Gecko/20080404 Firefox/2.0.0.14

When you change the selected option in a <select> region and then add to the elements innerHTML, the selected option reverts to the original value.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
With the test code in "Additional information" in this bug report:
1. Change selected option from "1" to "2"
2. Click on the "change content" link

Actual Results:  
Selected option reverts to "1".

Expected Results:  
Selected option retains "2".

<div id="c">
<select><option>1</option><option>2</option></select>
</div>
<hr />
<div>
<a href="#" onclick="readContent()">read content</a><br />
<a href="#" onclick="changeContent()">change content</a><br />
<script type="text/javascript">
function readContent() { alert(document.getElementById('c').innerHTML); }
function changeContent() { document.getElementById('c').innerHTML += "new content"; }
</script>

Comment 1

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

See bug 218172.