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HTML
<!Doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<style type="text/css">
/* Normal mode */
.weight-display div.edit {display:none}
/* Editor mode */
.weight-edit div.show {display:none}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="weight-display">
<button onclick="toggle(this)">Edit this!</button>
<div class="edit"><select name="Category">
<option value="Department">Department</option>
<option value="Accounts">Accounts</option><option value="Claims">HR</option><option value="Yachts UW">IT</option><option value="Marine Trade">Marketing</option></select></div>
<div class="show" id='show'>I'm trying to get this to change to the value what is selected when you click "Edit this!" then Save</div>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
function toggle(button)
{
// Change the button caption
button.innerHTML = button.innerHTML=='Edit this!' ? 'Save' : 'Edit this!';
// Change the parent div's CSS class
var div = button.parentNode;
div.className = div.className=='weight-display' ? 'weight-edit' : 'weight-display';
var s = document.getElementsByTagName('select')[0];
var val = s.options[s.selectedIndex].value;
document.getElementById('show').innerHTML = val;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>