How to set selectedIndex of select element using display text?

Answer 1

If you want this without loops or jquery you could use the following This is straight up JavaScript. This works for current web browsers. Given the age of the question I am not sure if this would have worked back in 2011. Please note that using css style selectors is extremely powerful and can help shorten a lot of code.

// Please note that querySelectorAll will return a match for 
// for the term...if there is more than one then you will 
// have to loop through the returned object
var selectAnimal = function() {
  var animals = document.getElementById('animal');
  if (animals) {
    var x = animals.querySelectorAll('option[value="frog"]');
    if (x.length === 1) {
      console.log(x[0].index);
      animals.selectedIndex = x[0].index;
    }
  }
}

  



  Animal to select