For some reason, I can't get this to work.
My options list is populated dynamically using these scripts:
function addOption(selectId, value, text, selected) {
var html = '<option value='+value+'>'+text+'</option>';
if (selected == on) {
html = '<option value='+value+' selected=selected>'+text+'</option>';
}
$('#'+selectId).append(html);
}
function addSalespersonOption(id, name, defsales) {
addOption('salesperson', id, name, defsales);
}
Here is the HTML:
<td class=text-r><label for=salesperson>Salesperson:</label></td>
<td>
<select id=salesperson>
<option value=>(select)</option>
</select>
</td>
So far, the output is:
<option value=1266852143634 selected=selected>Eric Hunt</option>
The DOM shows this:
index 2
disabled false
value 1266852143634
text Eric Hunt
selected false
defaultSelected true
But for some reason, when the page is loaded, the dropdown does not display Eric Hunt as pre selected. Nor is anything for that matter.
How can I get selected true instead of defaultSelected true?
EDIT: As it turns out, the above code works perfectly, thanks to the help of deceze and rosscj2533's answers from below. The only reason it's not working for me is, I found Ruby code that was overwriting the select elements.
Thanks for everyone's help on this,
Cheers