How do I dynamically set the selected option of a drop-down list using jQuery, JavaScript and HTML?

Question

For some reason, I can\'t get this to work.

My options list is populated dynamically using these scripts:

function addOption(selectId, value, text, sele         


        

Answer 1

Your syntax is wrong.

You need to call attr with two parameters, like this:

$('.salesperson', newOption).attr('defaultSelected', "selected");

Your current code assigns the value "selected" to the variable defaultSelected, then passes that value to the attr function, which will then return the value of the selected attribute.