Using .html() to set the options in a SELECT element selects the last option in the last regardless of which options have the 'selected' attribute. The problem occurs in Firefox 2, not IE 7.

Example,

<select id="sel"></select>

$('#sel').html('<option>a</option><option selected>b</option><option>c</option>');

displays with 'c' shown as selected when it should be 'b'.

SOLUTION:

domManip: function(args, table, dir, fn) {

:

return this.each(function(){

:

jQuery.each( a, function(){

var elem = clone ...

if ( !evalScr...

fn.call( obj...

});

/* SOLUTION BEGIN */

if (jQuery.nodeName(this, "select"))

{

jQuery.each( this.options, function(){

this.selected = this.defaultSelected; // Needed for Firefox, which always selects last option

});

}

/* SOLUTION END */

});

}