Internet Explorer 1.5 Does Not Select Default Selection

ID: Q150142

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

Internet Explorer version 1.5 for Microsoft Windows NT from Internet Information Server (IIS) version 1.0 does not select the pre-selected item of an option list in an HTML form until you click the Reset button.

MORE INFORMATION

You can reproduce the behavior with the following form:

<FORM ACTION="/scripts/args.cmd" METHOD="GET"><BR> Choose a item: <A NAME="item_list"></A> 

   <SELECT MULTIPLE NAME="item">
      <OPTION SELECTED VALUE="Item1">Item 1
      <OPTION VALUE="Item2">Item 2
      <OPTION VALUE="Item3">Item 3
      <OPTION VALUE="Item4">Item 4
      <OPTION VALUE="Item5">Item 5
      <OPTION VALUE="Item6">Item 6
   </SELECT>
   <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Submit">
   <INPUT TYPE=RESET VALUE="Reset"><BR>
</FORM>

Notice that the first option of the Select list is selected and should be selected. When the page with the form is loaded using Internet Explorer version 1.5 for Windows NT, no list items are selected.

1. Click the submit button. The following URL is created: 

      http://server/scripts/args.cmd?
2. Click the Back button for Internet Explorer to get back to the page 
   containing the form.
3. Click the Reset button on the form. Now the first item in the list 
   is selected like it should be.
4. Click the Submit button. The following URL is created: 

      http://server/scripts/args.cmd?item=Item1
5. Go back and click the Reload button of the browser. As a result, the 
   default item in the list is no longer selected.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Internet Explorer version 1.5 for Windows NT. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: 

Keywords          : kbinterop iisconfig 
Version           : 1.0 1.5
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: April 23, 1997