sort items in a dropdown list without the first item

Question

I have the following code to sort the items in a dropdown list:

function sortDropDownListByText(selectId) {
    $(selectId).html($(selectId + \" option\").so         


        

Answer 1

If the "Please select..." option has a certain value (here called "dummyVal") associated with it, you could use this in your comparison function:

function sortDropDownListByText(selectId, dummyVal) {
    $(selectId).html($(selectId + " option").sort(function(a, b) {
        if (a.value == dummyVal) {
            return -1;
        }
        return a.text == b.text ? 0 : a.text < b.text ? -1 : 1
    })) 
}