Auto select an list by value

Question

I have been trying to autoselect an list by it's value with javascript but not succeded. Could anyone help me?

This is the code:

<script>
$("#uppdragstyp-wrapp").val("Städning");
</script>

Answer 1

You need to execute your script when document is ready otherwise your html might not loaded fully at the moment when your script gets executed.

$(function () { $("#uppdragstyp-wrapp").val("Städning"); });