javascript change select option text

Question

Im trying to modify the text of the first select option via javascript. But it empties the entire select option

 <select name='stuff'>
      <option value="a"> Pepsi </option>
      <option value= "b"> Juice </option>
 </select>


<script type="text/javascript">
    document.getElementsByName('stuff')[0].innerHTML = "Water";
</script>

Answer 1

You want to read from the options collection and modify the first element in there:

document.getElementsByName('stuff')[0].options[0].innerHTML = "Water";

Answer 2

You can try this:

 $('select[name=stuff] option:first').html("abcd");