What's the replacement for the .value variable in javascript?

Question

I'm writing a page where I need to get the value attribute for the selected option within a select tag.

The way I usually do it like this: onchange="changeCurrentWebsite(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)

However every time I use ".value" in Javascript my IDE(Intellij) complains that that symbol is deprecated... Does anybody know the correct way to do it?

Answer 1

Intellij is incorrect. 'Value' is perfectly valid.

Check W3C Documentation:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.6

Answer 2

Instead of

this.options[this.selectedIndex].value

is it not possible to just use the "value" property of the element ? Like this :

document.getElementById('ID_OF_SELECT').value

Or, in your case :

changeCurrentWebsite(this.value)

Does you IDE say it's deprecated too ?