Select component and attr("selected")

[jeflbtest@…]

Hello,

Since jQuery 1.6 and 1.6.1, I'm trying to make working my intranet site, but it's hard to make it compatible with IE6 and IE>6 , OPERA.

My problem was to select dynamics values after charging data.

This was ok in 1.5.2 but not anyway since >1.6

I tried to use prop() function with :

$("#myList").find("option[value=\"" + myConf.code + "\"]").attr("selected",true) but not ok with IE6!

IE 6 must have "true" (double quoted) value instead of true ! This value "true" isn't compatible with OPERA

The only way I found, to make it compatible in my code, I added :

if(isIE6) {

valSelected = "true";

} else {

valSelected = "selected";

}

.....

$("#myList").find("option[value=\"" + myConf.code + "\"]").attr("selected",valSelected );

AND

mySeletedValue = $("#myList").find("option[selected=" + valSelected + "]").attr("value");

I hope this code could help somebody.

Jeff.

[addyosmani]

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[ajpiano]

FWIW, the recommended way to set an option in a select to be selected if you know its value is to use the .val() method directly on the select itself. For instance:

$("#myList").val(myConf.code);

[jeflbtest@…]

Replying to ajpiano:

FWIW, the recommended way to set an option in a select to be selected if you know its value is to use the .val() method directly on the select itself. For instance:

$("#myList").val(myConf.code);

Thanks for this but it's what I done before 1.6.1, this code doesnt work in IE6.

It throws an IE6 exception : Impossible to set selected property....

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