I have a drop-down list with known values. What I'm trying to do is set the drop down list to a particular value that I know exists using jQuery.
Using regular JavaScript, I would do something like:
ddl = document.getElementById("ID of element goes here");
ddl.value = 2; // 2 being the value I want to set it too.
However, I need to do this with jQuery, because I'm using a CSS class for my selector (stupid ASP.NET client ids...).
Here are a few things I've tried:
$("._statusDDL").val(2); // Doesn't find 2 as a value.
$("._statusDDL").children("option").val(2) // Also failed.
How can I do it with jQuery?
Update
So as it turns out, I had it right the first time with:
$("._statusDDL").val(2);
When I put an alert just above it works fine, but when I remove the alert and let it run at full speed, I get the error
Could not set the selected property. Invalid Index
I'm not sure if it's a bug with jQuery or Internet Explorer 6 (I'm guessing Internet Explorer 6), but it's terribly annoying.
jQuery's documentation states:
[jQuery.val] checks, or selects, all the radio buttons, checkboxes, and select options that match the set of values.
This behavior is in jQuery versions 1.2 and above.
You most likely want this:
$("._statusDDL").val('2');
Add .change() to see the option in the dropdown list frontend:
$("._statusDDL").val('2').change();
With hidden field you need to use like this:
$("._statusDDL").val(2);
$("._statusDDL").change();
or
$("._statusDDL").val(2).change();
These solutions seem to assume that each item in your drop down lists has a val() value relating to their position in the drop down list.
Things are a little more complicated if this isn't the case.
To read the selected index of a drop down list, you would use this:
$("#dropDownList").prop("selectedIndex");
To set the selected index of a drop down list, you would use this:
$("#dropDownList").prop("selectedIndex", 1);
Note that the prop() feature requires JQuery v1.6 or later.
Let's see how you would use these two functions.
Supposing you had a drop down list of month names.
<select id="listOfMonths">
<option id="JAN">January</option>
<option id="FEB">February</option>
<option id="MAR">March</option>
</select>
You could add a "Previous Month" and "Next Month" button, which looks at the currently selected drop down list item, and changes it to the previous/next month:
<button id="btnPrevMonth" title="Prev" onclick="btnPrevMonth_Click();return false;" />
<button id="btnNextMonth" title="Next" onclick="btnNextMonth_Click();return false;" />
And here's the JavaScript which these buttons would run:
function btnPrevMonth_Click() {
var selectedIndex = $("#listOfMonths").prop("selectedIndex");
if (selectedIndex > 0) {
$("#listOfMonths").prop("selectedIndex", selectedIndex - 1);
}
}
function btnNextMonth_Click() {
// Note: the JQuery "prop" function requires JQuery v1.6 or later
var selectedIndex = $("#listOfMonths").prop("selectedIndex");
var itemsInDropDownList = $("#listOfMonths option").length;
// If we're not already selecting the last item in the drop down list, then increment the SelectedIndex
if (selectedIndex < (itemsInDropDownList - 1)) {
$("#listOfMonths").prop("selectedIndex", selectedIndex + 1);
}
}
My site is also useful for showing how to populate a drop down list with JSON data:
http://mikesknowledgebase.com/pages/Services/WebServices-Page8.htm
Just an FYI, you don't need to use CSS classes to accomplish this.
You can write the following line of code to get the correct control name on the client:
$("#<%= statusDDL.ClientID %>").val("2");
ASP.NET will render the control ID correctly inside the jQuery.
Just try with
$("._statusDDL").val("2");
and not with
$("._statusDDL").val(2);
After looking at some solutions, this worked for me.
I have one drop-down list with some values and I want to select the same value from another drop-down list... So first I put in a variable the selectIndex of my first drop-down.
var indiceDatos = $('#myidddl')[0].selectedIndex;
Then, I select that index on my second drop-down list.
$('#myidddl2')[0].selectedIndex = indiceDatos;
Note:
I guess this is the shortest, reliable, general and elegant solution.
Because in my case, I'm using selected option's data attribute instead of value attribute.
So if you do not have unique value for each option, above method is the shortest and sweet!!
I know this is a old question and the above solutions works fine except in some cases.
Like
<select id="select_selector">
<option value="1">Item1</option>
<option value="2">Item2</option>
<option value="3">Item3</option>
<option value="4" selected="selected">Item4</option>
<option value="5">Item5</option>
</select>
So Item 4 will show as "Selected" in the browser and now you want to change the value as 3 and show "Item3" as selected instead of Item4.So as per the above solutions,if you use
jQuery("#select_selector").val(3);
You will see that Item 3 as selected in browser.But when you process the data either in php or asp , you will find the selected value as "4".The reason is that , your html will look like this.
<select id="select_selector">
<option value="1">Item1</option>
<option value="2">Item2</option>
<option value="3" selected="selected">Item3</option>
<option value="4" selected="selected">Item4</option>
<option value="5">Item5</option>
</select>
and it gets the last value as "4" in sever side language.
SO MY FINAL SOLUTION ON THIS REGARD
newselectedIndex = 3;
jQuery("#select_selector option:selected").removeAttr("selected");
jQuery("#select_selector option[value='"+newselectedIndex +"']").attr('selected', 'selected');
EDIT: Add single quote around "+newselectedIndex+" so that the same functionality can be used for non-numerical values.
So what I do is actually ,removed the selected attribute and then make the new one as selected.
I would appreciate comments on this from senior programmers like #strager , #y0mbo , #ISIK and others
If we have a dropdown with a title of "Data Classification":
<select title="Data Classification">
<option value="Top Secret">Top Secret</option>
<option value="Secret">Secret</option>
<option value="Confidential">Confidential</option>
</select>
We can get it into a variable:
var dataClsField = $('select[title="Data Classification"]');
Then put into another variable the value we want the dropdown to have:
var myValue = "Top Secret"; // this would have been "2" in your example
Then we can use the field we put into dataClsField, do a find for myValue and make it selected using .prop():
dataClsField.find('option[value="'+ myValue +'"]').prop('selected', 'selected');
Or, you could just use .val(), but your selector of . can only be used if it matches a class on the dropdown, and you should use quotes on the value inside the parenthesis, or just use the variable we set earlier:
dataClsField.val(myValue);
So I changed it so that now it
executes after a 300 miliseconds using
setTimeout. Seems to be working now.
I have run into this many times when loading data from an Ajax call. I too use .NET, and it takes time to get adjusted to the clientId when using the jQuery selector. To correct the problem that you're having and to avoid having to add a setTimeout property, you can simply put "async: false" in the Ajax call, and it will give the DOM enough time to have the objects back that you are adding to the select. A small sample below:
$.ajax({
type: "POST",
url: document.URL + '/PageList',
data: "{}",
async: false,
contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
dataType: "json",
success: function (response) {
var pages = (typeof response.d) == 'string' ? eval('(' + response.d + ')') : response.d;
$('#locPage' + locId).find('option').remove();
$.each(pages, function () {
$('#locPage' + locId).append(
$('<option></option>').val(this.PageId).html(this.Name)
);
});
}
});
I use an extend function to get client ids, like so:
$.extend({
clientID: function(id) {
return $("[id$='" + id + "']");
}
});
Then you can call ASP.NET controls in jQuery like this:
$.clientID("_statusDDL")
Another option is to set the control param ClientID="Static" in .net and then you can access the object in JQuery by the ID you set.
<asp:DropDownList id="MyDropDown" runat="server" />
Use $("select[name$='MyDropDown']").val().
Just a note - I've been using wildcard selectors in jQuery to grab items that are obfuscated by ASP.NET Client IDs - this might help you too:
<asp:DropDownList id="MyDropDown" runat="server" />
$("[id* = 'MyDropDown']").append("<option value='-1'> </option>"); //etc
Note the id* wildcard- this will find your element even if the name is "ctl00$ctl00$ContentPlaceHolder1$ContentPlaceHolder1$MyDropDown"
How are you loading the values into the drop down list or determining which value to select? If you are doing this using Ajax, then the reason you need the delay before the selection occurs could be because the values were not loaded in at the time that the line in question executed. This would also explain why it worked when you put an alert statement on the line before setting the status since the alert action would give enough of a delay for the data to load.
If you are using one of jQuery's Ajax methods, you can specify a callback function and then put $("._statusDDL").val(2); into your callback function.
This would be a more reliable way of handling the issue since you could be sure that the method executed when the data was ready, even if it took longer than 300 ms.
<asp:DropDownList ID="DropUserType" ClientIDMode="Static" runat="server">
<asp:ListItem Value="1" Text="aaa"></asp:ListItem>
<asp:ListItem Value="2" Text="bbb"></asp:ListItem>
</asp:DropDownList>
ClientIDMode="Static"
$('#DropUserType').val('1');
In my case I was able to get it working using the .attr() method.
$("._statusDDL").attr("selected", "");
Pure JS
For modern browsers using CSS selectors is not a problem for pure JS
document.querySelector('._statusDDL').value = 2;
function change() {
document.querySelector('._statusDDL').value = 2;
}
<select class="_statusDDL">
<option value="1" selected>A</option>
<option value="2">B</option>
<option value="3">C</option>
</select>
<button onclick="change()">Change</button>
If we want to find from the option name and then selected options with the jQuery please see below code:-
<div class="control">
<select name="country_id" id="country" class="required-entry" title="Country" data-validate="{'validate-select':true}" aria-required="true">
<option value=""> </option>
<option value="SA">Saudi Arabia</option>
<option value="AF">Afghanistan</option>
<option value="AR">Argentina</option>
<option value="AM">Armenia</option>
<option value="AW">Aruba</option>
<option value="AU">Australia</option>
<option value="AT">Austria</option>
<option value="IS">Iceland</option>
<option value="IN">India</option>
<option value="ID">Indonesia</option>
<option value="IR">Iran</option>
<option value="IQ">Iraq</option>
<option value="IE">Ireland</option>
<option value="IM">Isle of Man</option>
<option value="IL">Israel</option>
<option value="IT">Italy</option>
<option value="JM">Jamaica</option>
<option value="JP">Japan</option>
<option value="JE">Jersey</option>
<option value="JO">Jordan</option>
<option value="AE">United Arab Emirates</option>
<option value="GB">United Kingdom</option>
<option value="US" selected="selected">United States</option>
</select>
</div>
<script type='text/javascript'>
let countryRegion="India";
jQuery("#country option:selected").removeAttr("selected");
let cValue= jQuery("#country option:contains("+countryRegion+")").val();
jQuery("#country option[value='"+cValue +"']").attr('selected', 'selected');
</script>
I hope this will help!
Related
When i'm first time entering multi select values i got the current entered text value based on below code in jquery
<select class="form-control select2" multiple="multiple" data-placeholder="Select areas" style="width: 100%;" id="edit_areas" name="area">
</select>
$(".select2-search__field").val()
$(document).on('keyup',".select2", function (e) {
var city = $("#add_city option:selected").text();
var location = $(".select2-search__field").val();});
which works fine.
But on edit when try to enter more values,current entering value is failed to get by using above code its showing empty
Note: Here i'm setting the dropdown dynamically based on user enters
Can anyone help me to resolve this issue.
You should use select2 specific methods to get and set the value, once you already converted to the select2.
When you are setting the value (e.g. for edit), use code like following :
$(".select2").select2("val", "Am,WY".split(","));
and to get the value, use code like following :
$(".select2").select2('val');
Hope it will resolve your issue (as not sure what is the HTML and code you are having, its just a guess :-))
Without seeing your HTML or complete jQuery it's hard to see exactly what you are trying to do. So I have made a stab in the dark.
$(document).ready(function() {
$('.mrselect').on('change', function() {
var values = $(this).find('option:selected');
var fancyPantsArray = [];
values.each(function() {
fancyPantsArray.push($(this).val());
});
console.log(fancyPantsArray);
});
});
<select class="mrselect" multiple="multiple" name="mrselect">
<option value="Mr Option 1">Mr Option 1</option>
<option value="Mr Option 2">Mr Option 2</option>
<option value="Mr Option 3">Mr Option 3</option>
<option value="Mr Option 4">Mr Option 4</option>
<option value="Mr Option 5">Mr Option 5</option>
</select>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
try this
var nome = $("#select_id").data('select').$dropdown.find("input").val();
or
$('input.select2-input').val();
I have a dropdown
<select class="form-control" id="defectstatus" name="defectstatus">
<option selected="selected" value="Pick One">Select Defect Status</option>
<option value="New">New</option>
<option value="Needs more info">Needs more info</option>
Now I have a variable
a=$("#answer").html();
alert(a);
For which the value of a is
New
What I want to do is something like this
$("#defectstatus").val(a);
Then my dropdown defectstatus will change default selected to New instead of Pick One
As I understand you trying to select the option with the value is (New) you can use
$("#defectstatus > option[value='"+ a +"']").prop('selected' , true);
You try change $("#answer").text(); instead of $("#answer").html();
What you have seems like it works, but I imagine it's possible that your code is executing before the HTML has loaded, and is therefore not finding #answer.
You can wrap your code in $(function(){/*code*/}); to make sure it executes when the document is ready.
(Live example: http://plnkr.co/edit/PMOraMzVsMEg2z3FOeP5?p=preview)
Is there a way to select the latest user's selected value of a dropdown?
Eg:
<select id="data" name="data" class="data" multiple="multiple">
<option value="100">foo</option>
<option value="101">bar</option>
<option value="102">bat</option>
<option value="103">baz</option>
</select>
If I use something like the bellow example, what I get is the last index, but it's not what I want.
var latest_value = $("option:selected:last",this).val();
What I want is something like: if you select "bar", I get 101, if you select "foo" I get 101 instead of 100.
OBS: all my examples are considering that the user is selecting multiple values, not just one.
Use this simple js code:
var is_now_selected = document.getElementById('data').value;
// or with jQuery
var is_now_selected = $('#data').val()
Maybe you don't know that the option-value accually is the value of the select. If you click <option value="something"> which is inside a <select name="select_me">, then this select will have the value of the selected option - in this case - "select_me".
You can write this code. It may help you.
Please let me know if you have anymore problem.
$("#data").change(function () {
alert($("#data").val());
});
I'm building a select with several options from my php script using pattemplate.
But no matter what I do, the selected option shows in the dom tree like this:
<select id="academicYear">
<option value="1516">2015-2016</option>
<option value="1415">2014-2015</option>
<option selected="" value="1314">2013-2014</option>
<option value="1213">2012-2013</option>
</select>
Is there any way using dom - javascript - jquery to turn:
<option selected="" value="1314">2013-2014</option>
Into:
<option selected value="1314">2013-2014</option>
?
The reason why I need the change: with selected="" I don't get any selection when my select shows in the dialog window where I present it. When I turn it into just select with Firebug and Chrome debug bar the selection works.
Thans a ton!
You can use the id for faster and safer selector:
$('#academicYear option[value="1314"]').prop('selected', true);
The right html sintaxis is:
<option selected="selected" value="1314">2013-2014</option>
I believe setting the value of select will alter that property correctly for you. Otherwise if you still need to change the selected property...
$('option[value="1314"]').prop('selected', true);
I've got a grid with dropdown in every row and I need to render it's state from DB.
So I've got dropdowns defined like that with selected option specified for preselecting the value from DB.
<select id='selectId'>
<option value='1'>Option 1</option>
<option value='2' selected='selected'>Option 2</option>
<option value='3'>Option 3</option>
</select>
The problem is in that when I change the value of a dropdown defined like that in a browser it changes on UI but selected attribute don't move and stays where it was.
So when I then call $("#selectId").val() I get the old one value.
What's the appropriate way to initialize dropdown control and then have an ability to freely change it's value in browser or by jQuery?
This seems to be working fine (Firefox on Ubuntu):
HTML
<select id='selectId'>
<option value='1'>Option 1</option>
<option value='2' selected='selected'>Option 2</option>
<option value='3'>Option 3</option>
</select>
JS
$('#selectId').change(function() {
var opt = $(this).find('option:selected');
console.log([opt.val(), opt.text()]);
});
var opt_sel = $('#selectId option:selected');
opt_sel.val(99);
opt_sel.text('Changed option');
If you select the options, you'll see that it will print the changed version. Working example:
http://jsfiddle.net/vm4Q8/
Hope this helps.
It should work fine. May be you are not setting it correctly.
You should pass the value of the option to val() method to select it.
E.g $('#selectId').val('1'); will set first option as selected and afterwards calling $('#selectId').val() will give you 1 and not 2.
Here is the working example http://jsfiddle.net/3eu85/
You can get the val of the option selected, instead of the select
$('select#selectId option:selected').val();
Docs: http://api.jquery.com/val/
Which browser are you trying this in? Your code looks fine to me, and appears to be working in this jsFiddle.
please use this code instead,
$('#selectId option:selected').val();