The correct value shows up in the alert, but the dropdown menu does not change. I don't set any of the options to selected by default in the raw HTML.

If it makes a difference, once of the options is blank, and has an empty string as a value, but I've tried removing that and it makes no difference. That's what I meant about stepping away from the keyboard. Hi Casey Ydenberg ,.

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I forgot my password. Casey Ydenberg 15, Points.

Posted May 6, I really need to learn when to step away from the keyboard. I'm having trouble setting a dropdown list to show a particular item using jquery.

Here is my code currently: Casey Ydenberg Casey Ydenberg 15, Points.

The code which worked was: Hi Casey Ydenberg , Glad you figured it out! What was the solution to your problem?

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