How to make an

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I am adding a <option> with ajax and append it on success:

    success: function(data) {
      var newdata = data.replace(/['"]+/g, '');
      jQuery('#argomenti').append('<option value="">'+newdata+'</option>');
    }

But how would I make it so that it is the selected as I will have many other tags and values in that ?

Something like $('#argomenti').val(newdata).prop('selected', true);

Possible duplicate of [Set the default value in dropdownlist using jQuery](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4781420/set-the-default-value-in-dropdownlist-using-jquery) — Sunil Kanzar, Nov 07 '18 at 01:00

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 07 '18 at 00:42

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You simply set the 'selected' attribute, like this:

jQuery('#argomenti').append('<option value="" selected="selected">'+newdata+'</option>');

answered Nov 07 '18 at 00:42

Poul Bak

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oh right i see, thought I had to set the value to the select too – rob.m Nov 07 '18 at 00:43

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 07 '18 at 00:49

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I’d suggest:

// creating the element, passing an object of
// properties, and values, to set to that object:
$('<option>', {
  'selected': true,
  'text': newdata})
// appending the created element to its parent element:
.appendTo('#argomenti');

answered Nov 07 '18 at 00:49

David Thomas

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