I am dynamically adding a new option to a select list, and all I want to do is select it, as it comes from user input. Odds are, they want the new option they just added.
var msg = "an ajax return from a modal input that works";
$("#myselect").append( $('<option></option>').val(msg).html(msg) );
The item does get added to the select, but it is not selected.
I only have ie8 to test with, and comply with, on internet networks...
is this a browser bug, or is my code wrong?
my understanding was that .val() should select it.
changing the options value doesn't set the select to that value, you have to set the selects value to do that
var msg = "an ajax return from a modal input that works";
$("#myselect").append( $('<option>' + msg + '</option>') ).val(msg);
Or you can set the selected property, but you would have to make sure no other options are selected :
var option = $('<option />', {text:msg, selected:'selected'});
$("#myselect").find('option').prop('selected', false).end().append( option );