Dropdown and checkboxes field alphabetic order

Question

I have a form and I would like to sort my dropdown and checkboxes field in alphabetic order. I tried to use a javascript but it is not working.

    $(function() {
    var select = $('select');
    select.html(select.find('option').sort(function(x, y) {
    return $(x).text() > $(y).text() ? 1 : -1;
    }));

    // $('select').get(0).selectedIndex = 0;
    });

Thank you for your help

Does this answer your question? [Sorting options elements alphabetically using jQuery](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12073270/sorting-options-elements-alphabetically-using-jquery) — Nick, Aug 26 '20 at 23:28

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 26 '20 at 20:44

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It seems we have answer here: click.

I'll copy a part of it:

var options = $('select option');
var arr = options.map(function(_, o) { return { t: $(o).text(), v: o.value }; }).get();
arr.sort(function(o1, o2) { return o1.t > o2.t ? 1 : o1.t < o2.t ? -1 : 0; });
options.each(function(i, o) {
  o.value = arr[i].v;
  $(o).text(arr[i].t);
});

answered Aug 26 '20 at 20:44

Anton

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You should be flagging this question as a duplicate, not simply cutting and pasting code from the duplicate into an answer. – Nick Aug 26 '20 at 23:30
@Nick maybe I should. Where is such a button? My review mode is blocked for some days now... – Anton Aug 27 '20 at 07:53
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It's in the row of links under the question tags: `share edit follow close flag` – Nick Aug 27 '20 at 08:04
@Nick ahh. Thank you. – Anton Aug 27 '20 at 08:14

Dropdown and checkboxes field alphabetic order

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