How To Insert OPTIONs into SELECT with jQuery — Cross-Platform, Even IE6

Answer 1

First off, you aren't waiting for the DOM to be ready with your code. You should be wrapping your jQuery code in:

$(document).ready(function() {

    $('#myselect').append('test1');
    $('#myselect').append('test2');

});

I'm not sure about IE6 compatibility, but you could try the .appendTo function instead, such as:

$('Test 3').appendTo("#myselect");

example:

http://jsfiddle.net/W6L9d/