On Jun 24, 2009, at 11:10 AM, shaded wrote:
ok , ive posted about 6 questions in this group since i joined and not one has answered. not even an attempt. I've seen question, both easier and more difficult that mine being answered. Am i asking in the wrong way? Is there something im forgetting to include? what can i do to make my question more likely to be answered?
It's just the sheer volume of the list that is an issue, perhaps. But in this particular case, you ask a question that is very easily answered by the "Googles" as well as the list archives.
The answer is, I think, to use val(): $(...whatever-identifies-your- select...).val(...the-value-you-want-selected...);
For multiple select values, you may need to use, for each of those options, the attr() function to set "selected" to "selected" (or "true").
I am a bit of a newbie myself, so I am offering the above more as clues, than as exact answers. If they do not lead you to a solution, ping us again, and I will actually test with code and give you a working example.
--ravi