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Bob OMalley
Bob OMalley

Reputation: 475

How can I determine the SelectedValue of a RadioButtonList in JavaScript?

I have an ASP.NET web page with a databound RadioButtonList. I do not know how many radio buttons will be rendered at design time. I need to determine the SelectedValue on the client via JavaScript. I've tried the following without much luck:

var reasonCode = document.getElementById("RadioButtonList1");
var answer = reasonCode.SelectedValue;

("answer" is being returned as "undefined") Please forgive my JavaScript ignorance, but what am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 17

Views: 81747

Answers (13)

Sergey Galashyn
Sergey Galashyn

Reputation: 6956

From here:

if (RadioButtonList1.SelectedIndex > -1) 
{
    Label1.Text = "You selected: " + RadioButtonList1.SelectedItem.Text;
}

Upvotes: -2

Alex Reitbort
Alex Reitbort

Reputation: 13696

reasonCode.options[reasonCode.selectedIndex].value

Upvotes: 0

chenna
chenna

Reputation: 21

To check the selected index of drop down in JavaScript:

function SaveQuestion() {
    var ddlQues = document.getElementById("<%= ddlQuestion.ClientID %>");
    var ddlSubQues = document.getElementById("<%=ddlSecondaryQuestion.ClientID%>");

    if (ddlQues.value != "" && ddlSubQues.value != "") {
        if (ddlQues.options[ddlQues.selectedIndex].index != 0 ||
            ddlSubQues.options[ddlSubQues.selectedIndex].index != 0) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    } else {
        alert("Please select the Question or Sub Question.");
        return false;
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Joe Schmucker
Joe Schmucker

Reputation: 301

I wanted to execute the ShowShouldWait script only if the Page_ClientValidate was true. At the end of the script, the value of b is returned to prevent the postback event in the case it is not valid.

In case anyone is curious, the ShouldShowWait call is used to only show the "please wait" div if the output type selected is "HTML" and not "CSV".

onclientclick="var isGood = Page_ClientValidate('vgTrxByCustomerNumber');if(isGood){ShouldShowWait('optTrxByCustomer');} return isGood"

Upvotes: 0

Bondy
Bondy

Reputation: 11

I've tried various ways of determining a RadioButtonList's SelectedValue in Javascript with no joy. Then I looked at the web page's HTML and realised that ASP.NET renders a RadioButtonList control to a web page as a single-column HTML table!

<table id="rdolst" border="0">
  <tr>
    <td><input id="rdolst_0" type="radio" name="rdolst" value="Option 1" /><label for="rdolst_0">Option 1</label></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><input id="rdolst_1" type="radio" name="rdolst" value="Option 2" /><label for="rdolst_1">Option 2</label></td>
  </tr>
</table>

To access an individual ListItem on the RadioButtonList through Javascript, you need to reference it within the cell's child controls (known as nodes in Javascript) on the relevant row. Each ListItem is rendered as the first (zero) element in the first (zero) cell on its row.

This example loops through the RadioButtonList to display the SelectedValue:

var pos, rdolst;

for (pos = 0; pos < rdolst.rows.length; pos++) {
    if (rdolst.rows[pos].cells[0].childNodes[0].checked) {
        alert(rdolst.rows[pos].cells[0].childNodes[0].value);
        //^ Returns value of selected RadioButton
    }
}

To select the last item in the RadioButtonList, you would do this:

rdolst.rows[rdolst.rows.length - 1].cells[0].childNodes[0].checked = true;

So interacting with a RadioButtonList in Javascript is very much like working with a regular table. Like I say I've tried most of the other solutions out there but this is the only one which works for me.

Upvotes: 1

Giulio Caccin
Giulio Caccin

Reputation: 3052

I would like to add the most straightforward solution to this problem:

var reasons= document.getElementsByName("<%=RadioButtonList1.UniqueID%>");
var answer;
for (var j = 0; j < reasons.length; j++) {
    if (reason[j].checked) {
        answer = reason[j].value;
    }
}

UniqueID is the property that gave you the name of the inputs inside the control, so you can just check them really easily.

Upvotes: 1

Zara
Zara

Reputation: 291

Try this to get the selected value from the RadioButtonList.

var selectedvalue = $('#<%= yourRadioButtonList.ClientID %> input:checked').val()

Upvotes: 18

Ashwin Kavale
Ashwin Kavale

Reputation: 11

For a 'RadioButtonList with only 2 values 'yes' and 'no', I have done this:

var chkval=document.getElemenById("rdnPosition_0")

Here rdnposition_0 refers to the id of the yes ListItem. I got it by viewing the source code of the form.

Then I did chkval.checked to know if the value 'Yes' is checked.

Upvotes: 1

koby
koby

Reputation: 11

function CheckRadioListSelectedItem(name) {

    var radioButtons = document.getElementsByName(name);
    var Cells = radioButtons[0].cells.length;

    for (var x = 0; x < Cells; x++) {
        if (document.getElementsByName(name + '_' + x)[0].checked) {
            return x;
        }
    }

    return -1;
}

Upvotes: 1

John Foster
John Foster

Reputation: 8755

ASP.NET renders a table and a bunch of other mark-up around the actual radio inputs. The following should work:-

 var list = document.getElementById("radios"); //Client ID of the radiolist
 var inputs = list.getElementsByTagName("input");
 var selected;
 for (var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++) {
      if (inputs[i].checked) {
          selected = inputs[i];
          break;
       }
  }
  if (selected) {
       alert(selected.value);
  }

Upvotes: 41

MikeW
MikeW

Reputation: 5922

I always View Source. You will find each radio button item to have a unique id you can work with and iterate through them to figure out which one is Checked.

Edit: found an example. I have a radio button list rbSearch. This is in an ascx called ReportFilter. In View Source I see 

ReportFilter1_rbSearch_0
ReportFilter1_rbSearch_1
ReportFilter1_rbSearch_2

So you can either loop through document.getElementById("ReportFilter1_rbSearch_" + idx ) or have a switch statement, and see which one has .checked = true.

Upvotes: 3

baretta
baretta

Reputation: 7595

The HTML equivalent to ASP.NET RadioButtonList, is a set of <input type="radio"> with the same name attribute(based on ID property of the RadioButtonList).

You can access this group of radio buttons using getElementsByName. This is a collection of radio buttons, accessed through their index.

alert( document.getElementsByName('RadioButtonList1') [0].checked );

Upvotes: 1

Richard Ev
Richard Ev

Reputation: 54117

RadioButtonList is an ASP.NET server control. This renders HTML to the browser that includes the radio button you are trying to manipulate using JavaScript.

I'd recommend using something like the IE Developer Toolbar (if you prefer Internet Explorer) or Firebug (if you prefer FireFox) to inspect the HTML output and find the ID of the radio button you want to manipulate in JavaScript.

Then you can use document.getElementByID("radioButtonID").checked from JavaScript to find out whether the radio button is selected or not.

Upvotes: 1

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