Thanks Raja. That worked!
For reference, I also needed to put something in place to wait until
the .trigger('refreshOpts'); call had completed. The use of animate()
as a sort of sleep routine is a bit of a kludge, since it
seems .trigger() doesn't implement a callback, so I wound up with
this:
$("#addRefForm").submit(function() {
var author = $("#author").val()
var detail = $("#detail").val()
var refYear = $("#refYear").val()
var refType = $("#refType option:selected").val()
var newReference = 1
$.post('index.cfm?view=saveReferenceFromPopup', {
author:author,
detail:detail,
refYear:refYear,
refType:refType,
newReference:newReference
}, function(data,status) {
// console.log(status)
if(status == 'success'){
$("#refSelectBox").trigger('refreshOpts');
$("#refSelectBox").animate({opacity: 1.0}, 950, function(){
$("#refSelectBox
option:selected").removeAttr("selected");
$("#refSelectBox
option[text^=" + author + "]").attr
("selected","selected");
});
}
}
);
On Apr 17, 2:40 pm, Raja Koduru <kscr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> $("#refSelectBox option[text^=" + author + "]").attr("selected","selected");
>
> I guess the above is doable.
> let me know.
>
> - raja koduru
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:16 PM,Nando<d.na...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'd like set a newly inserted option in a select box as the selected
> > option. I'm trying to use jQuery to select the option using the option
> > text, which begins with the author name as defined in the function.
>
> > In the examples I've found, $("#refSelectBox option[text^=author]")
> > would presumably select any option that begins with the literal
> > "author", but I need it evaluated instead.
>
> > Given the following ...
>
> > $("#addRefForm").submit(function() {
> > var author = $("#author").val()
> > var detail = $("#detail").val()
> > var refYear = $("#refYear").val()
> > var refType = $("#refType option:selected").val()
> > var newReference = 1
> > $.post('index.cfm?view=saveReferenceFromPopup', {
> > author:author,
> > detail:detail,
> > refYear:refYear,
> > refType:refType,
> > newReference:newReference
> > }, function(data,status) {
> > if(status == 'success'){
> >
> > $("#refSelectBox").trigger('refreshOpts');
> > $("#refSelectBox
> > option[text^=author]").attr
> > ("selected","selected");
> > }
> > }
> > );
>
> > $('#dialog').dialog('close');
> > return false;
> > });
>
> > ... how to select the newly inserted option in #refSelectBox using the
> > text attribute and set it to the selected option?
>
> > Any alternate suggestions are most welcome!
>
> > Thanks,
> >Nando
