Yes I've debugged and there's only one option element concerned ...
I've tried many alternatives but it seems to always bug when
applying .attr after .children -
Is there any other way to select an option?
Apart from using the id as $("#my_option").attr("selected", true)
works fine -
Ben
On Jul 3, 6:32 pm, "Ganeshji Marwaha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> i am just wondering here.. did u try to debug and find out what element is
> getting selected by jquery... are u getting an option element and only a
> single option element.?
>
> -GTG
>
> On 7/3/07, benjaah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Thanx Ganeshji I've tried to set the attribute to "selected" instead
> > of true as you proposed, but it doesn't work any better.
> > The javascript error is: "Could not set the selected property"
>
> > Ben
>
> > On Jul 2, 7:33 pm, "Ganeshji Marwaha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > i am not sure if what i am telling is correct or wrong... but can u try
> > > ("selected","selected") instead of ("selected", true);
>
> > > -GTG
>
> > > On 7/2/07, benjaah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hi all,
>
> > > > I've got a page where I'm changing the options of a select box and
> > > > setting the first one to be selected:
> > > > $("#my_select :first-child").attr("selected", true);
>
> > > > It works perfectly with Firefox, Safari and IE7 but doesn't with IE6 !
> > > > I've also tried the following without success:
> > > > $("#my_select").children(":first").attr("selected", true);
> > > > $("#my_select :eq(0)").attr("selected", true);
> > > > $("#my_select option:first").attr("selected", true);
>
> > > > I've also had the same bug using other selectors in "children" with
> > > > IE6,
> > > > like $("#my_select").children("[EMAIL
> > > > PROTECTED]"+my_id+"]").attr("selected",
> > > > true);
>
> > > > Has anyone experienced the same problem?
> > > > Or am I doing something wrong?
>
> > > > Thanx for your help -
>
> > > > Ben
