I'm not sure about the:
if($this.attr("textContent") == PublishTo)
part. It sounds very custom. Provided this conditional check is
working correctly, how about trying:
$this.attr("selected", "selected") ;
to set the value.
Or if you can get the actual options value, you can set the value of
the select drop-down:
$("select").val(1);
On Feb 26, 11:24 am, Chris Jordan <chris.s.jor...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just realized I may need to explain a little further.
>
> I've got a table on the same page. Clicking on a record in that table
> populates a small form on the page with the information from that
> record. The text and check boxes are easy enough to populate, but
> telling the select box which of it's options is now selected as a
> result of that user click is a little harder it seems.
>
> The code snippet in my original post fires when a user clicks on a
> record in the table, and in FireFox 3.0.6 it works just fine, but in
> IE6 and IE7 it fails. I should also probably mention that I'm using
> jquery 1.2.6 packed.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
> On Feb 26, 3:11 pm, Chris Jordan <chris.s.jor...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
>
> > I'm trying to manipulate which item in a select box is selected using
> > jQuery. The following code snippet works great in FF but fails miserably in
> > IE6 and IE7
>
> > // select the publish to option
> > $("#PublishToID > option").each(function(){
> > $this = $(this);
> > if($this.attr("textContent") == PublishTo){
> > $this.attr("selected", true)
> > }
>
> > });
>
> > Given that I have a select box that looks like this:
>
> > <select name="PublishTo" id="PublishToID">
> > <option value="3">Some Page Title</option>
> > <option value="4">Some Other Page Title</option>
> > <option value="5">Page 5</option>
> > <option value="1">Page 1</option>
> > <option value="2">Page 2</option>
> > </select>
>
> > --http://cjordan.us
>
>
