Setting empty value of a dropdown in Mozilla firefox not working

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I am trying to set the default value of a drop down as empty; ie not selecting any value.

$dropdown.prop("selectedIndex", -1);

It works in IE and chrome, but doesn't work in Firefox. In Firefox, it always set the first value of the drop down as default value.

I am using Mozilla version 23.0.1.

Posted 16-Sep-13 11:24am

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norbitrial · Answer 1 · 2013-09-17T04:46:00

Solution 1

Try the following JQuery codes:

JavaScript

//with single quotes
$dropdown.prop('selectedIndex', -1);

//or with attr
$dropdown.attr('selectedIndex', -1);

Or if it is possible update your JQuery version if you use older one.

I hope it could help you!

Posted 17-Sep-13 4:46am

norbitrial

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user1726 17-Sep-13 14:59pm

Thanks for your response.
I tried both the solutions but it didn't work.
Using single quotes, didn't make any difference
Using attribute, doesn't work in IE and chrome too.