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    copied!<p>What is the correct way to validate if an option is selected on a dropdown? I have some select elements (fieldset) which are set to display none and others that are visible. I want to validate only the ones that are visible, otherwise the form won't submit.</p> <p>For Example:</p> <pre><code>&lt;fieldset id="a1_1"&gt; &lt;select name="a1_1"&gt; &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;Select Age&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value="1"&gt;1&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value="2"&gt;2&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt; &lt;/fieldset&gt; &lt;fieldset id="a1_2" style=" display: none;"&gt; &lt;select name="a1_2"&gt; &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;Select Age&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value="1"&gt;1&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value="2"&gt;2&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt; &lt;/fieldset&gt; &lt;fieldset id="a2_1"&gt; &lt;select name="a2_1"&gt; &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;Select Age&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value="1"&gt;1&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value="2"&gt;2&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt; &lt;/fieldset&gt; &lt;fieldset id="a2_2" style=" display: none;"&gt; &lt;select name="a2_2"&gt; &lt;option value="" selected="selected"&gt;Select Age&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value="1"&gt;1&lt;/option&gt; &lt;option value="2"&gt;2&lt;/option&gt; &lt;/select&gt; &lt;/fieldset&gt; </code></pre> <p>I was trying something like this without any luck:</p> <pre><code>var x = document.forms["x"]["a1_1"].value; if (x == null || x == "") { alert("Age must be selected"); return false; } </code></pre>
 

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