Just a thought, maybe set it to be selected with attr("selected", "selected").
Adrian On Oct 26, 6:34 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I ajax load a list of options into a Select box and then set the value > to 'AL', this will display the currently selected options as Alaska, > it works with Firefox, but not with Safari, although the selected one > is 'AL', but it does not show ALASKA in the display, it shows the > first element in the list which is 'new york', why? > > here is the url that you can test: > > http://catalina.ph/test2.html > > $(document).ready(function(){ > var s = jQuery("select#state"); > s.load("http://catalina.ph/states.html", function() { > jQuery("select#state").val("AL"); > }) > > }) > > <form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action=""> > <select name="state" id="state"> > </select> > </form>