I use and tested:
$("select#selectbox").val("value");
See if that solves the problem.
Also sie if the "value" really exists.
On Oct 14, 3:55 am, "Gene Berger" <crapper_m...@att.net> wrote:
> I am a JQuery newbie so I am probably mistaken.
>
> I just ran into a problem with ".val" (grabbed it from an example). If I
> remember correctly I changed it to ".value" and it worked.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jquery-en@googlegroups.com [mailto:jquery...@googlegroups.com] On
>
> Behalf Of James
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:41 PM
> To: jQuery (English)
> Subject: [jQuery] Re: ie6 and .val() issue
>
> Maybe it's this then:
> <option value="default">Default</default>
>
> </default> is suppose to be </option>
>
> On Oct 13, 3:27 pm, Daniel Murker <dmur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > $(document).ready(function(){
>
> > and
>
> > $().ready(function()
>
> > are interchangeable. that's not what's throwing the error.
>
> > This line is:
>
> > $("#selectbox").val("value");
>
> > On Oct 13, 5:36 pm, James <james.gp....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > The line is:
>
> > > $(document).ready(function(){
>
> > > On Oct 13, 2:08 pm, Daniel Murker <dmur...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I've come across an issue where doing something along the lines of
>
> > > > $().ready(function(){
> > > > $("#selectbox").val("value");
>
> > > > });
>
> > > > Throws the following error in IE6
>
> > > > Could not set the Selected Property: Unspecified Error.
>
> > > > $("#selectbox") referrs to the following html.
>
> > > > <select id="selectbox">
> > > > <option value="default">Default</default>
> > > > <option value="value">TEST</option>
> > > > </select>
>
> > > > Anyone know a way around this?
