How to set the 'selected option' of a select dropdown list with jquery

Question

I have the following jquery function:

$.post(\'GetSalesRepfromCustomer\', {
    data: selectedObj.value
}, function (result) {
    alert(result[0]);
    $(\'sele         


        

Answer 1

Try this :

$('select[name^="salesrep"] option[value="Bruce Jones"]').attr("selected","selected");

Just replace option[value="Bruce Jones"] by option[value=result[0]]

And before selecting a new option, you might want to "unselect" the previous :

$('select[name^="salesrep"] option:selected').attr("selected",null);

You may want to read this too : jQuery get specific option tag text

Edit: Using jQuery Mobile, this link may provide a good solution : jquery mobile - set select/option values