[jQuery] Forcing a select box to "select" a specified option
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=763094021-29052007>I'm doing a related
select dropdown here (bottom middle of the page):</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=763094021-29052007>In FF, under New
vehicles, the Make dropdown defaults to HONDA as desired. In IE though, it stays
on "select a make". Here's the code that I'm passing back to the page for that
select box:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><option>select a
make</option><option value="HONDA">HONDA</option></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=763094021-29052007><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ideally, I'd just do
this:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=763094021-29052007><FONT face=Arial size=2><option>select
a make</option><option value="HONDA"
selected="selected">HONDA</option></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=763094021-29052007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=763094021-29052007><FONT face=Arial size=2>but that doesn't
work for some odd reason. So I'd like to default it to the first dropdown that
has a value attribute. How would I go about that?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=763094021-29052007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=763094021-29052007><FONT face=Arial
size=2>$('#RedMakeSelect:first-child option[@value]')</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=763094021-29052007><FONT face=Arial
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=763094021-29052007><FONT face=Arial size=2>or something like
that?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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