Adding Options to a Select Using jQuery



To add options to a <select>, you need to use append(). Following is the JavaScript code −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Document</title>

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/themes/base/jquery-ui.css">
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<select name="mySelection" id="selectCategory">
<option value="Book">Book</option>
<option value="TV">TV</option>
</select>
<script>
   var mySelection = new Option("Mobile", "Samsung Mobile");
   $(mySelection).html("Samsung Mobile");
   $("#selectCategory").append(mySelection);
</script>
</body>
</html>

To run the above program, save the file name anyName.html(index.html) and right-click on the file and select the option open with live server in VS Code editor.

Output

Updated on: 2020-07-15T11:56:25+05:30

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