How to fix IE select issue when dynamically changing options

Question

I have a set of selects that all have the same options. Then I run those options through a filter so that any options that are selected in a different select don\'t show up

Answer 1

I experienced the same issue the other night and after throwing everything I could think of at it I've come to the conclusion that IE just doesn't want to handle updating filters when using selects.

My solution is to change your selects to look like this:

They now have a class and an ng-change on them. Then in your controller do this fun little bit of code:

$scope.fixIE = function(){
    //code to check if IE so the other browsers don't get this ugly hack.
    var selectLists = document.querySelectorAll(".selectList");
    for(var x = 0;x  < selectLists.length; x++){
        selectLists[x].parentNode.insertBefore(selectLists[x], selectLists[x]);
    }       
};

What it does is rip the elements out of the DOM and replace them into the same location. Here's a working fiddle jsFiddle

Some of the other solutions I tried that didn't involve javascript were things like toggling the display/visibility of the select. Having their zIndex's moved. The only thing that for sure fixed it was this piece of code.