$('select').val('value') should work (it needs to be applied to the
<select>, not the <option>- ricardo On Sep 29, 6:55 pm, Pete <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an element that I populate with an Ajax call and returns a list > of items for a combo box. In some cases the page containing the > element gets loaded with existing values and rendered and I'd like the > textbox to contain an item that was selected before the element is > rendered. > > Is there a way to set that value? I have done some searching but > haven't found a solution as yet. I have looked at setting the > "selected" attribute but haven't found an example that works. I have > also tried setting the selected value with .val(myValue); but, again, > tried it and didn't get it to work. > > It should be simple. But I can't seem to crack it. Suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Pete
