html-select

I've been looking for answers on how to add an HTML class tag on my html.dropdownlist. here is the code <%: Html.DropDownList("PackageId", new SelectList(ViewData["Packages"] as IEnumerable, "PackageId", "Name", Model.PackageId))%> I want to add classes for options under the select element so that I can use this chained select : <select id="category"> <option value="1">One</option> <option value="2">Two</option> </select> <select id="package"> <option value="1" class="1">One - package1</option> <option value="2" class="1">One - package2</option> <option value="3" class="2">Two - package1<

I want to set a option that was selected previously to be displayed on page load. I tried it with the following code: $("#gate").val('Gateway 2'); with <select id="gate"> <option value='null'>- choose -</option> <option value='gateway_1'>Gateway 1</option> <option value='gateway_2'>Gateway 2</option> </select> But this does not work. Any ideas? Darin Dimitrov This definitely should work. Here's a demo . Make sure you have placed your code into a $(document).ready : $(function() { $("#gate").val('gateway_2'); }); Zkoh $(document).ready(function() { $("#gate option[value='Gateway 2']").prop(

Using jQuery, how do you check if there is an option selected in a select menu, and if not, assign one of the options as selected. (The select is generated with a maze of PHP functions in an app I just inherited, so this is a quick fix while I get my head around those :) Joe Lencioni While I'm not sure about exactly what you want to accomplish, this bit of code worked for me. <select id="mySelect" multiple="multiple"> <option value="1">First</option> <option value="2">Second</option> <option value="3">Third</option> <option value="4">Fourth</option> </select> <script type="text/javascript"> $

I have a database flights_DB containing a table called Passengers . Each passenger is uniquely identified by his passport number. I would like to create a drop-down list containing all the passport numbers in the table Passengers . How can I achieve this using JSP and Servlets? BalusC Assuming that you've the model and DB part already finished (as per the comments on the question), just create a servlet class and implement the doGet() method accordingly. It's relatively simple, just retrieve the list of passengers from the DB, store it in request scope and forward to the JSP which should