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

If someone comes here looking for a way to add options with data properties

Using attr

var option = $('', { value: 'the_value', text: 'some text' }).attr('family', model.family);

Using data - version added 1.2.3

var option = $('', { value: 'the_value', text: 'some text' }).data('misc', 'misc-value);