I have a dropdown "select option list" holding midi portIDs.
So reading the dropdown i know the name of available midiports.

I can visualy inspect to know the index of the ID i want.

But how can i use the ID to retrieve the index? ctrlportindex=parent.document.getElementById("parent.out_portsel").value // "FW1884 Control"

It is the the index of the Id of element out_portsel i am looking for?

Maybe i am doing it backward but i use the index to select output port.
In this case i know the "id" i want, but want is its index in the dropdownlist?

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fredag 15 oktober 2021 kl. 08:47:50 UTC+2 skrev Jonas Thörnvall:

fredag 15 oktober 2021 kl. 08:41:19 UTC+2 skrev Jonas Thörnvall:

I have a dropdown "select option list" holding midi portIDs.
So reading the dropdown i know the name of available midiports.

I can visualy inspect to know the index of the ID i want.

But how can i use the ID to retrieve the index? ctrlportindex=parent.document.getElementById("parent.out_portsel").value // "FW1884 Control"

It is the the index of the Id of element out_portsel i am looking for?

Maybe i am doing it backward but i use the index to select output port.
In this case i know the "id" i want, but want is its index in the dropdownlist?

I could probably loop through the id's equal to "x" and read out the index by loop counter.
But it seem a "A BIT IDIOTIC" if there already is a function for retrieving it.

I give it 30 minutes "then i am going idiotic"

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fredag 15 oktober 2021 kl. 08:41:19 UTC+2 skrev Jonas Thörnvall:

I have a dropdown "select option list" holding midi portIDs.
So reading the dropdown i know the name of available midiports.

I can visualy inspect to know the index of the ID i want.

But how can i use the ID to retrieve the index? ctrlportindex=parent.document.getElementById("parent.out_portsel").value // "FW1884 Control"

It is the the index of the Id of element out_portsel i am looking for?

Maybe i am doing it backward but i use the index to select output port.
In this case i know the "id" i want, but want is its index in the dropdownlist?

I could probably loop through the id's equal to "x" and read out the index by loop counter.
But it seem a "A BIT IDIOTIC" if there already is a function for retrieving it.

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fredag 15 oktober 2021 kl. 08:49:46 UTC+2 skrev Jonas Thörnvall:

fredag 15 oktober 2021 kl. 08:47:50 UTC+2 skrev Jonas Thörnvall:

fredag 15 oktober 2021 kl. 08:41:19 UTC+2 skrev Jonas Thörnvall:

I have a dropdown "select option list" holding midi portIDs.
So reading the dropdown i know the name of available midiports.

I can visualy inspect to know the index of the ID i want.

But how can i use the ID to retrieve the index? ctrlportindex=parent.document.getElementById("parent.out_portsel").value // "FW1884 Control"

It is the the index of the Id of element out_portsel i am looking for?

Maybe i am doing it backward but i use the index to select output port. In this case i know the "id" i want, but want is its index in the dropdownlist?

I could probably loop through the id's equal to "x" and read out the index by loop counter.
But it seem a "A BIT IDIOTIC" if there already is a function for retrieving it.

I give it 30 minutes "then i am going idiotic"

Ok this is how it ended up.

function getPortIndex(){
var e = parent.document.getElementById("out_portsel");
for (var i=0;i<parent.out_portsel.length;i++){
if (e.options[i].value=="FW1884 Control"){ctrlportindex=i; break;};
}
}

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