Knockout virtual elements not working with Internet Explorer

Question

If you run this Fiddle in Chrome, the select box is correctly filled with options A, B, and C. However, if you run it with Internet Explorer (version 8 or 9), it does not w

Answer 1

This is probably a limitation of Internet Explorer.

Instead of a virtual element, use the options binding to populate a <select> element:

<select id="type" name="type"
    data-bind="options: types, optionsText: 'desc', optionsValue: 'id', optionsCaption: '-- Choose --'">
</select>

Documentation: http://knockoutjs.com/documentation/options-binding.html