Select without submit?

This

        
              <script language="JavaScript">
function selectPerlVersion(element) {
  if (element.value.substring(0,1) == '/') {
    location.href = element.value;
  }
}
</script>
            <div class="side_panel tools_panel">
              <p>Perl version</p>
              <form id="perl_version" name="perl_version">
<select name="version-chooser" onChange="selectPerlVersion(this)">
  <option selected>Select...
  <option>Perl 5 version 10
    <option value="/index.html">&nbsp;&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;Perl 5.10.0
  <option>

  <option>Perl 5 version 8
    <option value="/5.8.9/index.html">&nbsp;&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;Perl 5.8
+.9
    <option value="/5.8.8/index.html">&nbsp;&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;Perl 5.8
+.8
    <option value="/5.8.7/index.html">&nbsp;&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;Perl 5.8
+.7
</select>
</form>
            </div>
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Should have been

<div class="side_panel tools_panel">
<p>Perl version</p>.
  Perl 5 version 10<p>
    <a href="/index.html"> Perl 5.10.0
  
</p><p>
  
    <a href="/5.8.9/index.html"> Perl 5.8.9 </a><br />
    <a href="/5.8.8/index.html"> Perl 5.8.8 </a><br />
    <a href="/5.8.7/index.html"> Perl 5.8.7 </a></p>
</div>
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Never reinvent hyperlinks with form+javascript.