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

You can append and set the Value attribute with text:

$("#id").append($('').attr("value", '').text(''));
$("#id").append($('').attr("value", '4').text('Financial Institutions'));