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

We found some problem when you append option and use jquery validate. You must click one item in select multiple list. You will add this code to handle:

$("#phonelist").append(""+ 'yournewvalue' +"");

$("#phonelist option:selected").removeAttr("selected"); // add to remove lase selected

$('#phonelist option[value=' + 'yournewvalue' + ']').attr('selected', true); //add new selected