jQuery: Setting select list 'selected' based on text, failing strangely

Question

I have been using the following code (with jQuery v1.4.2) to set the \'selected\' attribute of a select list based on its \'text\' description rather than its \'value\':

Answer 1

Using the filter() function seems to work in your test cases (tested in Firefox). The selector would look like this:

$('#mySelect1 option').filter(function () {
    return $(this).text() === 'Banana';
});