I only found a couple posts related to this and none seemed to have
been answered.
If you try to select an <option> using this:
$("#MySelectID option").each( function() {
if ($(this).attr("id") == "somevalue")
$(this).attr("selected", "selected");
});//end each
or like this:
$("#MySelectID option[value=somevalue]").attr("selected", "selected");
where the HTML might look like this:
<select id="MySelectID">
<option value="">Select something</option>
<option value="somevalue">My selection</option>
</select>
You get "Could not set the selected property. Unspecified error." from
IE6. No other browsers I know of (IE7, FF2, FF3, etc.) have this
issue.
This was a problem under 1.2.6 and is still a problem under 1.3.1.
Anyone have a solution?
My work around is to just switch back to classic JS and do this:
var oMenu = document.forms[0].elements["MySelectID"];
for(var i=0; i < oMenu.options.length; i++)
{
if (oMenu.options[i].value == "somevalue")
{
oMenu.options[i].selected = true; // or
oMenu.selectedIndex = i
break;
}//end if
}//end for
Which, well, sucks. Anyone have a jquery-based workaround that fits it
all into one line or anyone know if there's a fix planned? I mean,
this is Microsoft we're talking about. IE6 isn't going away for
another 18 months and 25% of internet users still use the piece of
crap.
Mozilla can ditch FF2 all they want but they don't have to do what
Microsoft does. Would be nice to have a fix of some kind...
Anyone?
