List/Menu a required field

[Dave_Blake]

Is there a way to make a list/menu field in a form required by the user to select an item from its list? I know how to do it for a text field but not for a list menu.

Thanks,
Dave

[Newsgroup_User]

Download the Check Form extension from www.yaromat.com as it has an option
to force the person to select from a drop down and exclude the first item.

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"Dave Blake" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:esk17i$1aj$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Is there a way to make a list/menu field in a form required by the user to
> select an item from its list? I know how to do it for a text field but
> not for a list menu.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave

[TheStephenG]

I am assuming you want client side validation.

if( document.form1.listMenuID.options[document.form1.listMenuID.selectedIndex].value == "" )
alert("Please select your list menu");

You can also simply test the selectedIndex value, assuming the first item in the list menu is the "not selected" value.

if( document.form1.listMenuID.selectedIndex == 0)
alert("Please select your list menu");

[Dave_Blake]

Thanks for the input. I will download the extension and give that a try!!

Dave