Attributes for <SELECT ...>
onFocus = "script command(s)"
onBlur = "script command(s)"
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| use it, but don't rely on it |
onFocus and onBlur for onFocus work identically as for <INPUT onFocus="...">, so we won't dwell on them long. Let us just reiterate that the most common use for these events, that of changing the status bar, is generally annoying and is a bad idea.
<SELECT
NAME="size"
onFocus = "window.status='What Size Pizza?'"
onBlur = "window.status=window.defaultStatus"
>
<OPTION VALUE="s">small
<OPTION VALUE="m">medium
<OPTION VALUE="l">large
</SELECT>
which gives us
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