Adding options to a <select> using jQuery?

Question

What\'s the easiest way to add an option to a dropdown using jQuery?

Will this work?

$(\"#mySelect\").append(\'My         


        

Answer 1

This is very simple:

$('#select_id').append('Five');

or

$('#select_id').append($('', {
                    value: 1,
                    text: 'One'
                }));