Set the selected item in a select list based on template value

Question

How can you correctly pre-populate a select control with the current value from the template?

I have a simple form to edit a record where the values for the selected

Answer 1

I made this function. Adapt to your case

selectedOption=function(){
        selectedOpt=document.getElementById("yourTagId_Select");
        var att = document.createAttribute("selected");
        att.value = "selected";
        idObj=Session.get("idObj");
        var lib = yourCollection.find({'column._id':idObj}).fetch();      
        for (var i = 0; i < selectedOpt.length; i++) {
             if (selectedOpt[i].value==lib._id._str){               
                return selectedOpt[i].setAttributeNode(att);
            }
        };


    }

After call your function

selectedOption();