How to select an option in a jQuery ui selectmenu dynamically?

Question

After changing a menu from a regular select to a jQuery selectmenu, I can no longer select options in it programatically. Is there a way to do this?

The code to select

Answer 1

Assuming that you have already done this part once before:

$("#ListId").selectmenu({ style: "dropdown", width:140 });

I found this works:

$('#ListId').val(value);
$('#ListId').selectmenu("refresh");

This causes the the stylized drop down to show the correct value.