I have code that does this: var opt = document.createElementWithNameSpace("OPTION", "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"); opt.text = "mytext"; opt.value = "somevalue"; while (selWidget.length != 0) { selWidget.remove(0); } selWidget.add(opt) But I just get blank text in my combo box. This is on all platforms with native widgets.

This is vidur's, I think. Or maybe pollmann

It's Eric's.

The text attribute of an option is readonly. Thus, your option will have blank text. Here's a way to work around your problem: var opt = new Option("mytext","somevalue"); while (selWidget.length != 0) { selWidget.remove(0); } selWidget.add(opt)

I found this information at: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-DOM-Level-1/level-one-html.html Which says: interface HTMLOptionElement : HTMLElement { readonly attribute HTMLFormElement form; attribute boolean defaultSelected; *--------> readonly attribute DOMString text; <--------* attribute long index; attribute boolean disabled; attribute DOMString label; readonly attribute boolean selected; attribute DOMString value; };

oh... how silly. That means you can't create option elements with document.createElementWithNamespace() Oh well, thanks.

FYI, I think the DOM way to do this would be to replace opt.text = "mytext"; with opt.appendChild(document.createTextNode("mytext")); (If it already has text, you would need replaceChild.)

ah...good to know. Thanks.