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?

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Answer 1

You could additionally trigger the change event handler by adding a change call:

$('#ListId').selectmenu("value", value);
$('#ListId').selectmenu("change"); // Add this for a change event to occur