Thanx Ganeshji I've tried to set the attribute to "selected" instead
of true as you proposed, but it doesn't work any better.
The javascript error is: "Could not set the selected property"
Ben
On Jul 2, 7:33 pm, "Ganeshji Marwaha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i am not sure if what i am telling is correct or wrong... but can u try
> ("selected","selected") instead of ("selected", true);
>
> -GTG
>
> On 7/2/07, benjaah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi all,
>
> > I've got a page where I'm changing the options of a select box and
> > setting the first one to be selected:
> > $("#my_select :first-child").attr("selected", true);
>
> > It works perfectly with Firefox, Safari and IE7 but doesn't with IE6 !
> > I've also tried the following without success:
> > $("#my_select").children(":first").attr("selected", true);
> > $("#my_select :eq(0)").attr("selected", true);
> > $("#my_select option:first").attr("selected", true);
>
> > I've also had the same bug using other selectors in "children" with
> > IE6,
> > like $("#my_select").children("[EMAIL
> > PROTECTED]"+my_id+"]").attr("selected",
> > true);
>
> > Has anyone experienced the same problem?
> > Or am I doing something wrong?
>
> > Thanx for your help -
>
> > Ben
