How can maintain as selected the second option in a drop down with random values?

Question

I want to always maintain how to select the second option for its drop downs. The point here is that the value is random:

MyBrowser.document.getElementById("multipleCat_1").Value = "RANDOMVALUE"

How do I select the second option in a drop down menu?

HTML:

<select id="multipleCat_1">
    <option value="-1">Select</option>
    <option value="RANDOMVALUE">Second Option"</option>
</select>

Possible duplicate of [How can I set the default value for an HTML — buræquete, Apr 13 '17 at 16:04
@bureaquete, I do not have access to the HTML code as I am only trying to access the website as mentioned. — nubteens, Apr 13 '17 at 16:06

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 13 '17 at 16:07

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You can use selectedIndex as below:

document.querySelectorAll('#multipleCat_1 > option')[1].value = 'Got you!';

document.getElementById('multipleCat_1').selectedIndex = 1 

console.log(document.getElementById('multipleCat_1').value)

<select id="multipleCat_1">
    <option value="-1">Select</option>
    <option value="RANDOMVALUE">Second Option"</option>
</select>

answered Apr 13 '17 at 16:07

Tareq

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This code solved my problem `MyBrowser.document.getElementById("multipleCat_1").selectedIndex = 1` – nubteens Apr 13 '17 at 16:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 13 '17 at 16:08

<select id="multipleCat_1">
    <option value="A">AAA</option>
    <option value="B">BBB</option>
    <option value="C">CCC</option>
</select>

var options = document.querySelectorAll('#multipleCat_1 > option');
document.getElementById('multipleCat_1').value = options[1].value;

How can maintain as selected the second option in a drop down with random values?

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