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SELECT control, how to set that what you want to show

I have some issue with this:
<select name="whatever">
<option value="pizza">pizza</option>
<option value="pasta">pasta</option>
<option value="sandwich">sandwich</option>
<option value="cheese">cheese</option>
</select>
Select control always when i "run" it show me as first in drop-down menu a pizza and that mean a pizza is selected by default. So, how i can change this if i want to post cheese to be a default(current active in drop-down)
This down is just a example how i want to work my select, you see down a placeholder=5 , that mean this number control will by default use a 5 and i want to do the similar thing with my select control.
<input type='number' placeholder=5 min=0 max=10 step=1>
Thank you!

You simply just put the attribute of selected on to the option you want as your default.
You can use a JavaScript function to get the value from your table and assign this value as the selected option of the drop-down. The options for a select drop-down are identified by an index starting at 0.
In the demo below, I've used buttons to call the JS function. Click on the button to change the selected option:
var sel = document.getElementsByName("whatever")[0];
function defaultOption(option) {
sel.options[option].selected = 'selected';
}
<button onClick="defaultOption(0)">pizza</button>
<button onClick="defaultOption(1)">pasta</button>
<button onClick="defaultOption(2)">sandwich</button>
<button onClick="defaultOption(3)">cheese</button>
</br>
</br>
<select name="whatever">
<option value="pizza">pizza</option>
<option value="pasta">pasta</option>
<option value="sandwich">sandwich</option>
<option value="cheese" selected>cheese</option>
</select>

how to select automatically first value of dropdown in select input?

I am working with laravel and in my form I am grab data to select input using some variable,
<label for="exampleFormControlSelect1">Vehicle Category</label>
<select name="c_id" id="c_id" class="form-control input dynamic" data-dependent="b_id" >
#foreach($model_list as $model)
<option value="{{$categories->id}}">{{$categories->id}}</option>
#endforeach
</select>
Now I am going to hide this select input and this select input is depend to other select inputs values. So, I need select automatically drop down values to above select input using some technology. How can I do this? (currently it should select manually using drop down list)

Add selected="selected" to the first option.

<select name="c_id" id="c_id" class="form-control input dynamic" data-dependent="b_id" >
{{$i = 1;}}
#foreach($model_list as $model)
<option value="{{$categories->id}}" {{($i == 1) ? "selected='selected' : ''"}}>{{$categories->id}}</option>
$i++;
#endforeach

If you need to select the first option of a select, you can do it in three ways
select.options
select.values
select.selectedIndex
For example having this form that contains the select that probably rendered blade
<form name="formName">
<label>Categories</label>
<select name="c_id">
<option value="1">1</option>
<option value="2">2</option>
<option value="3">3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
<option value="5">5</option>
</select>
</form>
You could try
const category = document.forms.formName.c_id;
console.log(category.value)
console.log(category.options[0].value)
console.log(category.options[category.options.selectedIndex].value)
This will show on the console:
'1'
'1'
'1'
Visit this link to try the example
To read more about select and some useful options visit this article in select and option section
Now, probably I misinterpret your question, in your comment you mention that this select is dependent on another, this is not clear to me, does it have any relation to the data attribute? If this is the case, please develop your question

Edit-text with Drop-down box in HTML5

I want edit text with a drop down box along with custom scrollbar so end user can add data explicitly or can add from drop down box. The final entered value by end user should be saved.I want this in UI development preferably angular js.

Well from what i understood , you need a text input as well as a dropdown input together.
To be frank , this is quite easy and i dont understand what caught you up in this.
So here is the code:
<input type="text"/>
<select style="width:20px;">
<option value=""></option>
<option value="banana">Banana</option>
<option value="apple">Apple</option>
<option value="orange">Orange</option>
</select>
Check out the jsfiddle here:
https://jsfiddle.net/kna3fj5t/

Javascript: Onclick Set Dropdown Menu Checked Value

UPDATE: I was trying lots of different methods for doing this and none of them worked... until... I changed my dropdown menu name from (date-range) to (dateRange) removing the (-), sorry for wasting time!
I have a search form and a custom reset form button, which resets all the values in the form. I now have a dropdown menu and when the reset button is pressed, I want the first option to be selected.
This is my form:
<select name="date-range" id="date-range">
<option value="Any">Any date</option>
<option value="Today">Today</option>
<option value="Yesterday">Yesterday</option>
<option value="1 Week">Within 1 Week</option>
<option value="1 Month">Within 1 Month</option>
<option value="3 Months">Within 3 Months</option>
<option value="6 Months">Within 6 Months</option>
<option value="1 Year">Within 1 Year</option>
</script>
... and this is my javascript function that now needs to select the first dropdown value "Any".
function resetSearchForm()
{
document.searchFrm.searchStr.value='';
document.searchFrm.vertical.checked = true;
document.searchFrm.horizontal.checked = true;
** dropdown select first **
}
What is the proper way to do this? Any help gratefully received :)

This will work:
document.getElementById('date-range').selectedIndex = 0;
Example can be found here:
http://jsfiddle.net/yPmmG/3/

No javascript required, just add the selected attribute to the first option. That's what the attribute is for.
<option selected value="Any">Any date</option>
It is recommended that all select elements have one option with the selected attribute, that way there is always one selected by default. It will be the selected option when the page first loads and if the form is reset.

dynamic dropdown list ( select boxes )

Here is the issue.
I have a select dropdown list.
<select name="listingtype" id="speedD" style="width:210px;">
<option>For Sale</option>
<option>For Rent</option>
</select>
And another select drop down list where the prices appear , which on page load it is empty..
So if user clicks For Sale: then the other select drop down list, loads price list like so:
<select name="valueA" id="speedF" style="width:200px;">
<option value="Any" selected="selected">Any</option>
<option value="50000">$50,000</option>
<option value="100000">$100,000</option>
<option value="150000">$150,000</option>
<option value="200000">$200,000</option>
<option value="250000">$250,000</option>
And if they choose For Rent. Select drop down is propagated like so:
<select name="valueA" id="speedF" style="width:200px;">
<option value="Any" selected="selected">Any</option>
<option value="100">$100</option>
<option value="150">$150</option>
<option value="200">$200</option>
<option value="250">$250</option>
<option value="300">$300</option>
</select>
I need this code to be client side, no need for server side. And just wanted to know what the cleanest method for doing this is.
Cheers.

First of all I recommend setting the value attribute in your option elements.
Example:
<option value="sale">For sale</option>
<option value="rent">For rent</option>
If you have not already heard of or seen the JavaScript library known as jQuery I strongly recommend checking it out! It can be very helpful when creating a dynamic site like this using minimal JavaScript.
I would do something like the following:
<html>
...
<body>
<div id="fillme"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (document.yourformname.listingtype.value == "sale") {
//it is for sale
$('#fillme').html('<select name="valueA" id="speedF" style="width:200px;"><option value="Any" selected="selected">Any</option><option value="50000">$50,000</option><option value="100000">$100,000</option><option value="150000">$150,000</option><option value="200000">$200,000</option><option value="250000">$250,000</option></select>');
} else {
//fill it with the other elements
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Now of course you could load it more dynamically with JSON or XML but that is up to you. I really recommend checking out the library:
http://jQuery.com

Use JavaScript to fill the empty select with options when the user selects an option (either onchange or onselect, forget which) in the For Sale/For Rent select.
EDIT: More specifically, have that second box be empty when the page loads. Store the options in arrays. Use a loop to create new OPTION elements based on each array item.