On Mar 24, 3:08 pm, Jason Huck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If your first <option> element has an empty value attribute, you can > do this: > > $('select').change(function(){ > alert($(this).val()); > $(this).val(''); > > });
I wish. The XHTML is written dynamically and the selected element is anywhere in the list. I'm playing with the defaultSelected property now. I think the answer is in there. I'll post a follow up when I figure it out.