Selecting of a <select> from a chrome extension content script

Question

I\'m hoplessly trying to activate a change() event from a chrome content script. I\'ve gone past through of the website and google posts, but still nothing works.

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Answer 1

I dont really know JQuery, but here's how to do it without JQuery and without injecting anything into the page....

var selections = document.querySelector('#woot');

selections.value = 17;

var evt = document.createEvent("HTMLEvents");
evt.initEvent("change", true, true);
selections.dispatchEvent(evt);