How do I fill a select option form with folder name which contains files in HTML using javascript or jquery.

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Hello World! i'm just starting using html for web page and i want to populate the select option in html dynamically using javascript or jquery. What is the best way to achieve this. i make some google research, but this do not work unfortunaly. i tried it with the examples in the link below but it's not working for me. what i'm doing wrong in my code? I am open to other suggestions.

https://www.electrictoolbox.com/javascript-add-options-html-select/[^]

What I have tried:

HTML

<select class="col-xs-3" name="list" id="list">
   <option value="" selected>  Select List</option>
</select>

and my JS look like:

JavaScript

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">
       var select = document.getElementById("list");
       select.options[select.options.length] = new Option('text 1', 'Value1');
 </script>

i don't know how to code it in jquery. Any idea is welcome. thank you for your help.

Posted 6-Apr-17 23:52pm

Member 12558924

Updated 7-Apr-17 0:07am

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Karthik_Mahalingam · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-07T00:07:00

Solution 1

try this

var select = document.getElementById('list');
       var items = [{ text: 'text1', value: 'value1' }, { text: 'text2', value: 'value2' }, { text: 'text3', value: 'value3' }];
       var options = [];
       for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++)
           options.push('<option value="' + items[i].text + '">' + items[i].text + '</option>');
       select.innerHTML = options.join('');

Demo: - JSFiddle[^]

Posted 7-Apr-17 0:07am

Karthik_Mahalingam

Updated 7-Apr-17 0:09am

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Member 12558924 7-Apr-17 6:56am

Thank you a lot, but it still does not work on my side. maybe i've missed something. Should I include something else?

Karthik_Mahalingam 7-Apr-17 6:57am

you should place the script at the bottom

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> 
<body> 
    <select class="col-xs-3" name="list" id="list">
        <option value="" selected>  Select List</option>
    </select> 

    <script>
        var select = document.getElementById('list');
        var items = [{ text: 'text1', value: 'value1' }, { text: 'text2', value: 'value2' }, { text: 'text3', value: 'value3' }];
        var options = [];
        for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++)
            options.push('<option value="' + items[i].text + '">' + items[i].text + '</option>');
        select.innerHTML = options.join('');

    </script>

</body>
</html>

Member 12558924 7-Apr-17 7:16am

thanks alot it's work fine. and what can i do if i want it to an extern file so that it can be use for others html file?

Karthik_Mahalingam 7-Apr-17 7:17am

just push the script portion to an external file and just refer the file to this html file.
if it works, please close this post.

Member 12558924 7-Apr-17 7:28am

thank you for your help!!!

Karthik_Mahalingam 7-Apr-17 7:30am

Welcome

Wali Faizy 7-Apr-17 7:32am

Hey Karthik can you please sort my question asked in question forum

Karthik_Mahalingam 7-Apr-17 7:42am

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