I'm using the Bootstrap-Select plugin like this:
HTML:
<select name="selValue" class="selectpicker"> <option value="1">Val 1</option> <option value="2">Val 2</option> <option value="3">Val 3</option> <option value="4">Val 4</option> </select>
Javascript:
$('select[name=selValue]').selectpicker();
Now I want to set the value selected to this select when button clicked... something like this:
$('#mybutton').click(function(){ $('select[name=selValue]').val(1); });
But nothing happens.
How can I achieve this?
You can set the selected value by calling the val method on the element. $('. selectpicker'). selectpicker('val', 'Mustard'); $('.
selectpicker'). selectpicker({ style: 'btn-info', size: 4 }); }); Your script is declared and therefore executed before the <select class="selectpicker"> -declaration, causing bootstrap-select never being initialized opon . selectpicker (selectpicker doesnt exists when the script is runned).
$('. selectpicker'). selectpicker('refresh');
Select Picker is a jQuery plugin supporting work with select boxes. It extends the default possibilities of select boxes with a new range of features.
The value is correctly selected, but you didn't see it because the plugin hide the real select and show a button with an unordered list, so, if you want that the user see the selected value on the select you can do something like this:
//Get the text using the value of select var text = $("select[name=selValue] option[value='1']").text(); //We need to show the text inside the span that the plugin show $('.bootstrap-select .filter-option').text(text); //Check the selected attribute for the real select $('select[name=selValue]').val(1);
Like @blushrt points out, a better solution is:
$('select[name=selValue]').val(1); $('.selectpicker').selectpicker('refresh')
To select multiple values, pass the values as an array.
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