How can I set the value of a DropDownList using jQuery?

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flesh picture flesh · Nov 15, 2008 · Viewed 732.3k times · Source

As the question says, how do I set the value of a DropDownList control using jQuery?

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Nick Berardi picture Nick Berardi · Nov 15, 2008 
$("#mydropdownlist").val("thevalue");

just make sure the value in the options tags matches the value in the val method.

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