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Nithin Dev
Nithin Dev

Reputation: 421

How to select an item in multi group listbox using jquery

I can select items in listbox using the following jquery

$('#id option[value=<?php echo $row; ?>]').attr('selected','selected');

But it is not working for optgroup, Any idea how to do this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2618

Answers (3)

Vinod VT
Vinod VT

Reputation: 7159

Try this,

$('#id option[value="<?php echo $row; ?>"]').attr('selected','selected');

You have to use quotes to write php strings.

This may help you.

Upvotes: 2

BENARD Patrick
BENARD Patrick

Reputation: 30975

http://jsfiddle.net/ZGLAj/

<select multiple=true>
    <optgroup value="coucou" >
        <option value="1">1</option>
        <option value="2">2</option>
    </optgroup>
    <optgroup value="ciao" >
        <option value="3">3</option>
        <option value="4">4</option>
    </optgroup>
</select>

$(' optgroup[value=coucou]').children().attr('selected','selected');

Upvotes: 0

Cafe Coder
Cafe Coder

Reputation: 934

Using php to construct javascript is not a wise practice because you can't utilize browser caching and it becomes more difficult to reuse the code. Also, optgroup is not for selecting, the purpose of the tag is to simply group options within a select. If you're trying to detect which optgroup contains the user selected option, you have to use a different approach. Please provide the markup representing the whole select and also specify what you are trying to achieve.

Upvotes: 0

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