Set an option value as selected

Question

I would like to load a select box where in the user\'s selected value will automatically appear.

I am receiving a Json data from the server with the user info. sampl

Answer 1

after much research, I finally went back to see the jQuery documentation that gave me the right answer :

1 / Delete all the attributes of tags that are already with the 'selected' attribute

function remove_selected(){
  $("select option").removeAttr('selected');
}

2 / I use the prop() function of jQuery to assign the 'selected' attribute to the desired tag

// USE THE FUNCTION TO REMOVE ALL ATTRIBUTES ALREADY SELECTED  
remove_selected();

// Set the tag  attribute to 'selected'
$('select option[value="ThatYouWant"]').prop({defaultSelected: true});

In HTML this gives :

  Something
  That you want
  Other value

It is clean and without burrs, thank you for your feedback and corrections, approve if you find this solution correct. Sincerely, Raf.

Source : https://api.jquery.com/prop/