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#11564 closed bug (cantfix)
Opened April 06, 2012 05:46PM UTC
Closed April 07, 2012 01:57PM UTC
$('option').attr('selected', true) does not work on IE6
| Reported by: | kanonji | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | undecided | Milestone: | None |
| Component: | unfiled | Version: | 1.7.1 |
| Keywords: | ie6 select option | Cc: | |
| Blocked by: | Blocking: |
Description
jQuery version
Error occurs
1.7.0 1.7.1 1.7.2
I tried
1.7.0 1.7.1 1.7.2
Browser
- Error occurs on IE6.
- No any errors on Chrome 18.0.1025.142
OS
- Windows XP
Test case
Description
If there are no option element when the html is loaded, $('option').attr('selected', true) does not work on IE6.
Step by step
Does not work
1. Open IE6
2. Select element with no option element like '<select></select>' on the html.
3. Append/prepend some option elements with jQuery in the select element.
4. attr('selected', true) for the option element appended step 3 above
5. The error occurs.
work
1. Open IE6
2. Select element with some option elements.
3. Do nothing or $('select').empty().
4. Append/prepend some option elements with jQuery in the select element.
5. attr('selected', true) for the option element appended step 4 above
6. Work.
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Change History (1)
Changed April 07, 2012 01:57PM UTC by comment:1
| keywords: | → ie6 select option |
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| resolution: | → cantfix |
| status: | new → closed |
The site jsdo.it does not work for me in IE6. This JSFiddle reproduces the issue:
http://jsfiddle.net/dmethvin/SVTUm/
This is a well-known issue with IE6 being unable to update options, and can be fixed with setTimeout or one of the solutions suggested in the links below:
http://jsfiddle.net/dmethvin/SVTUm/1/
Because it is a timing issue it can't be fixed within jQuery core without introducing even more issues (e.g., what if other things run before we select the option in the timeout?)
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/779379/why-does-settimeoutfn-0-sometimes-help
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3737128/jquery-select-option-list-not-updated-fast-enough-in-ie6