I know how to do switch statements and write to the document.

How do I gather the information from a drop box?

I want to print a number depending on what option is selected. I also plan to use this for some dynamic form helpers.

So..

How do I gather the option from a select box?
How do I tell if a user has selected an input box?
How do I tell if the user has filled in an input box?

1: When you create the options for a select box you give each one a value:

Then you can find out which option is selected like so:


2: Well, not sure if this is the best solution, but you could set a global variable to "true" or "false" in the onblur() and onfocus() events of an input.

3:About the same as above, you can check the "value" property:

Thanks a lot, that should be enough to get me going.

I'll post back here if I get stuck.