I have a string UserLevel and I want to set the dropdown list value to the item that matches this string.
I have tried this:
$("#Level option:selected").val(UserLevel);
But it didn't work.
and I don't know how to use this:
$("#Level option[value='']").attr("selected", "selected");
Is there any other way?
Just do this :
$("#Level").val(UserLevel); //here 'Level' is dropdown 'id'
and if 'UserLevel' is a string then there could be white space problem also then do as :
$("#Level").val($.trim(UserLevel)); //Use $.trim() here to remove white spaces.
and make sure values inside dropdown are also trimmed.
Above code will work here is fiddle code provided by @HowieH
You can do like this.
var text = "UserLevel";
$("#Level option:contains(" + text + ")").attr('selected', 'selected');
or iterate each value then compare.
$("#Level option").each(function() {
if($(this).text() == text) {
$(this).attr('selected', 'selected');
}
});
or you can use val to set the value directly. Here's how.
