How to set the first option on a select box using jQuery?

Answer 1

If you just want to reset the select element to it's first position, the simplest way may be:

$('#name2').val('');

To reset all select elements in the document:

$('select').val('')

EDIT: To clarify as per a comment below, this resets the select element to its first blank entry and only if a blank entry exists in the list.