How to select from option menu in javascript - javascript

I need to be able to change certain option from select menu to be as default (start) value when I do something.
For example when I declare it, English language is default value.
How to change that with the code and not with the click.
<form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" action="">
<select name="websites1" id="websites1" style="width:120px" tabindex="1">
<option value="english" selected="selected" title="images/us.gif">English</option>
<option value="espanol" title="images/es.gif">Espanol</option>
<option value="italian" title="images/it.gif">Italiano</option>
</select>
</form>
In the body tag I have declared:
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$("body select").msDropDown();
});
</script>
I am using this SCRIPT
I have tried all of the bellow examples and none this is good for me.
What else can I do change default select value.


This is working for me as mentioned in the docs:
$('#websites1').msDropDown().data('dd').set('selectedIndex',2);
This will select italian ;)
/edit:
Keep in mind that #Patrick M has a more advanced approach and he posted his approach before I posted mine ;)
If you are having weird css issues like I did, try this undocumented stuff:
$('#websites1_msa_2').click(); // this will also select the italian
As you can see the id is generated by $('#websites1_msa_2') the id of the selectbox plus the $('#websites1_msa_2') index of the option item.
A bit hacky but works ;)
So you could then define a JavaScript-Function like this:
var jQueryImageDD_selectByName = function(name) {
var children = $('#websites2_child').children();
for(var i=0;i<children.length;i++) {
var label = children[i].getElementsByTagName('span')[0].innerHTML;
if(label === name) {
children[i].click()
}
}
};
And then use it like this:
jQueryImageDD_selectByName('Italiano'); // will select Italiano :)


He does say
You can set almost all properties via object
So, just guessing from the documentation examples he provides on that page... I would think adapting this:
var oHandler = $('#comboboxid').msDropDown().data("dd");
oHandler.size([true|false]);
//Set or get the size property
To the .value property might work. So for you to set the language to Italian, try
var oHandler = $('#comboboxid').msDropDown().data("dd");
oHandler.value('italian');
// Or maybe the way to do it is this:
oHandler.set('value', 'italian');
// Or maybe 'value' shouldn't be in single quotes
//set property
If that doesn't work, you could try looping over all the properties, getting and comparing the value at each index and, when you find it, setting the selected index to that property name.
var languageSelect = $('websites1');
var oHandler = $('#websites1').msDropDown().data("dd");
for(var index = 0; index < languageSelect.length; index++) {
var option = oHandler.item([index]);
if(option == 'italian') {
oHandler.set("selectedIndex", index);
break;
}
}
One of those should work. If not, you're pretty much just going to have to wait for a reply from the author.


You can either use selectedIndex to change the index of the selected option (0 being the first)
document.getElementById("websites1").selectedIndex = 1; //espanol
, or you can use value to change the text of the value (and if there's a match, it will change it automatically).
document.getElementById("websites1").value = 'espanol';


use selectedIndex. See this page. A select control has an options property, which basically is an array of option elements. The first element in your select is options[0], english, so:
document.getElementById("websites1").selectedIndex = 0; //=> english
You can also make the first option selected by default using:
document.getElementById("websites1").options[0]
.defaultSelected = true; //=> english by default


working option (1. destroy msdropdown, 2. select by value, 3. set up msdropdown)
put this code somewhere in js:
jQuery.fn.extend({
setValue: function(value) {
var dd = $(this).msDropdown().data("dd");
dd.destroy();
$(this).val(value);
$(this).msDropdown();
}
});
setting value:
$('#selectorOfmsDropDown').setValue('opt10');
or just:
$("#selector").msDropdown().data("dd").setIndexByValue(newvalue);

Related

jQuery .hide() and CSS display:none; are not working on <option> element in Safair 9.0.3 [duplicate]

This should work:
$('option').hide(); // hide options
It works in Firefox, but not Chrome (and probably not in IE, not tested).
A more interesting example:
<select>
<option class="hide">Hide me</option>
<option>visible option</option>
</select>
<script type="text/javascript">
// try to hide the first option
$('option.hide').hide();
// to select the first visible option
$('option:visible').first().attr('selected', 'selected');
</script>
Or see the example at http://jsfiddle.net/TGxUf/
Is the only option to detach the option elements from the DOM? I need to show them again later, so this would not be very effective.

Unfortunately, you can't hide option elements in all browsers.
In the past when I have needed to do this, I have set their disabled attribute, like so...
$('option').prop('disabled', true);
I've then used the hiding where it is supported in browsers using this piece of CSS...
select option[disabled] {
display: none;
}

As has been said, you can't display:none individual <option>s, because they're not the right kind of DOM elements.
You can set .prop('disabled', true), but this only grays out the elements and makes them unselectable -- they still take up space.
One solution I use is to .detach() the <select> into a global variable on page load, then add back only the <option>s you want on demand. Something like this (http://jsfiddle.net/mblase75/Afe2E/):
var $sel = $('#sel option').detach(); // global variable
$('a').on('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var c = 'name-of-class-to-show';
$('#sel').empty().append( $sel.filter('.'+c) );
});
At first I thought you'd have to .clone() the <option>s before appending them, but apparently not. The original global $sel is unaltered after the click code is run.
If you have an aversion to global variables, you could store the jQuery object containing the options as a .data() variable on the <select> element itself (http://jsfiddle.net/mblase75/nh5eW/):
$('#sel').data('options', $('#sel option').detach()); // data variable
$('a').on('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var $sel = $('#sel').data('options'), // jQuery object
c = 'name-of-class-to-show';
$('#sel').empty().append( $sel.filter('.'+c) );
});

Had a crack at it myself and this is what I came up with:
(function($){
$.fn.extend({detachOptions: function(o) {
var s = this;
return s.each(function(){
var d = s.data('selectOptions') || [];
s.find(o).each(function() {
d.push($(this).detach());
});
s.data('selectOptions', d);
});
}, attachOptions: function(o) {
var s = this;
return s.each(function(){
var d = s.data('selectOptions') || [];
for (var i in d) {
if (d[i].is(o)) {
s.append(d[i]);
console.log(d[i]);
// TODO: remove option from data array
}
}
});
}});
})(jQuery);
// example
$('select').detachOptions('.removeme');
$('.b').attachOptions('[value=1]');');
You can see the example at http://www.jsfiddle.net/g5YKh/
The option elements are fully removed from the selects and can be re-added again by jQuery selector.
Probably needs a bit of work and testing before it works well enough for all cases, but it's good enough for what I need.

I know this is a little late but better late than never! Here's a really simple way to achieve this. Simply have a show and hide function. The hide function will just append every option element to a predetermined (hidden) span tag (which should work for all browsers) and then the show function will just move that option element back into your select tag. ;)
function showOption(value){
$('#optionHolder option[value="'+value+'"]').appendTo('#selectID');
}
function hideOption(value){
$('select option[value="'+value+'"]').appendTo('#optionHolder');
}

Hiding an <option> element is not in the spec. But you can disable them, which should work cross-browser.
$('option.hide').prop('disabled', true);
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.6

You can try wrapping the option elements inside a span so that they wont be visible but still be loaded in the DOM. Like below
jQ('#ddlDropdown option').wrap('<span>');
And unwrap the option which contains the 'selected' attribute as follows to display already selected option.
var selectedOption = jQ('#ddlDropdown').find("[selected]");
jQ(selectedOption).unwrap();
This works across all the browsers.

Here's an option that:
Works in all browsers
Preserves current selection when filtering
Preserves order of items when removing / restoring
No dirty hacks / invalid HTML
$('select').each(function(){
var $select = $(this);
$select.data('options', $select.find('option'));
});
function filter($select, search) {
var $prev = null;
var $options = $select.data('options');
search = search.trim().toLowerCase();
$options.each(function(){
var $option = $(this);
var optionText = $option.text();
if(search == "" || optionText.indexOf(search) >= 0) {
if ($option.parent().length) {
$prev = $option;
return;
}
if (!$prev) $select.prepend($option);
else $prev.after($option);
$prev = $option;
} else {
$option.remove();
}
});
}
JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/derrh5tr/

On pure JS:
let select = document.getElementById("select_id")
let to_hide = select[select.selectedIndex];
to_hide.setAttribute('hidden', 'hidden');
to unhide just
to_hide.removeAttr('hidden');
or
to_hide.hidden = true; // to hide
to_hide.hidden = false; // to unhide

Three years late, but my Googling brought me here so hopefully my answer will be useful for someone else.
I just created a second option (which I hid with CSS) and used Javascript to move the s backwards and forwards between them.
<select multiple id="sel1">
<option class="set1">Blah</option>
</select>
<select multiple id="sel2" style="display:none">
<option class="set2">Bleh</option>
</select>
Something like that, and then something like this will move an item onto the list (i.e., make it visible). Obviously adapt the code as needed for your purpose.
$('#sel2 .set2').appendTo($('#sel1'))

It's possible if you keep in object and filter it in short way.
<select id="driver_id">
<option val="1" class="team_opion option_21">demo</option>
<option val="2" class="team_opion option_21">xyz</option>
<option val="3" class="team_opion option_31">ab</option>
</select>
-
team_id= 31;
var element = $("#driver_id");
originalElement = element.clone(); // keep original element, make it global
element.find('option').remove();
originalElement.find(".option_"+team_id).each(function() { // change find with your needs
element.append($(this)["0"].outerHTML); // append found options
});
https://jsfiddle.net/2djv7zgv/4/

This is an enhanced version of #NeverEndingLearner's answer:
full browsers support for not using unsupported CSS
reserve positions
no multiple wrappings
$("#hide").click(function(){
$("select>option.hide").wrap('<span>'); //no multiple wrappings
});
$("#show").click(function(){
$("select span option").unwrap(); //unwrap only wrapped
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select>
<option class="hide">Hide me</option>
<option>visible option</option>
</select>
<button id="hide">hide</button>
<button id="show">show</button>

Since you mentioned that you want to re-add the options later, I would suggest that you load an array or object with the contents of the select box on page load - that way you always have a "master list" of the original select if you need to restore it.
I made a simple example that removes the first element in the select and then a restore button puts the select box back to it's original state:
http://jsfiddle.net/CZcvM/

Try this:
$(".hide").css("display","none");
But I think it doesn't make sense to hide it. if you wanna remove it, just:
$(".hide").remove();

just modify dave1010's code for my need
(function($){
$.fn.extend({hideOptions: function() {
var s = this;
return s.each(function(i,e) {
var d = $.data(e, 'disabledOptions') || [];
$(e).find("option[disabled=\"disabled\"]").each(function() {
d.push($(this).detach());
});
$.data(e, 'disabledOptions', d);
});
}, showOptions: function() {
var s = this;
return s.each(function(i,e) {
var d = $.data(e, 'disabledOptions') || [];
for (var i in d) {
$(e).append(d[i]);
}
});
}});
})(jQuery);
http://jsfiddle.net/AbzL3/1/

I thought I was bright ;-)
In CSS:
option:disabled {display:none;}
In Firefox and Chrome, a select with only the enabled options were created. Nice.
In IE, the enabled options were shown, the disabled where just blank lines, in their original location. Bad.
In Edge, the enabled options shown at top, followed by blank lines for disabled options. Acceptable.

document.getElementById('hide').style.visibility='hidden';
ive used id here for option

Why select option value is not selected after clone it? [duplicate]

I didn't expect it but the following test fails on the cloned value check:
test("clone should retain values of select", function() {
var select = $("<select>").append($("<option>")
.val("1"))
.append($("<option>")
.val("2"));
$(select).val("2");
equals($(select).find("option:selected").val(), "2", "expect 2");
var clone = $(select).clone();
equals($(clone).find("option:selected").val(), "2", "expect 2");
});
Is this right?

After further research I found this ticket in the JQuery bug tracker system which explains the bug and provides a work around. Apparently, it is too expensive to clone the select values so they won't fix it.
https://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/1294
My use of the clone method was in a generic method where anything might be cloned so I'm not sure when or if there will be a select to set the value on. So I added the following:
var selects = $(cloneSourceId).find("select");
$(selects).each(function(i) {
var select = this;
$(clone).find("select").eq(i).val($(select).val());
});

Here's a fixed version of the clone method for jQuery:
https://github.com/spencertipping/jquery.fix.clone
// Textarea and select clone() bug workaround | Spencer Tipping
// Licensed under the terms of the MIT source code license
// Motivation.
// jQuery's clone() method works in most cases, but it fails to copy the value of textareas and select elements. This patch replaces jQuery's clone() method with a wrapper that fills in the
// values after the fact.
// An interesting error case submitted by Piotr Przybył: If two <select> options had the same value, the clone() method would select the wrong one in the cloned box. The fix, suggested by Piotr
// and implemented here, is to use the selectedIndex property on the <select> box itself rather than relying on jQuery's value-based val().
(function (original) {
jQuery.fn.clone = function () {
var result = original.apply(this, arguments),
my_textareas = this.find('textarea').add(this.filter('textarea')),
result_textareas = result.find('textarea').add(result.filter('textarea')),
my_selects = this.find('select').add(this.filter('select')),
result_selects = result.find('select').add(result.filter('select'));
for (var i = 0, l = my_textareas.length; i < l; ++i) $(result_textareas[i]).val($(my_textareas[i]).val());
for (var i = 0, l = my_selects.length; i < l; ++i) result_selects[i].selectedIndex = my_selects[i].selectedIndex;
return result;
};
}) (jQuery.fn.clone);

Made a plugin out of chief7's answer:
(function($,undefined) {
$.fn.cloneSelects = function(withDataAndEvents, deepWithDataAndEvents) {
var $clone = this.clone(withDataAndEvents, deepWithDataAndEvents);
var $origSelects = $('select', this);
var $clonedSelects = $('select', $clone);
$origSelects.each(function(i) {
$clonedSelects.eq(i).val($(this).val());
});
return $clone;
}
})(jQuery);
Only tested it briefly, but it seems to work.

My approach is a little different.
Instead of modifying selects during cloning, I'm just watching every select on page for change event, and then, if value is changed I add needed selected attribute to selected <option> so it becomes <option selected="selected">. As selection is now marked in <option>'s markup, it will be passed when you'll .clone() it.
The only code you need:
//when ANY select on page changes its value
$(document).on("change", "select", function(){
var val = $(this).val(); //get new value
//find selected option
$("option", this).removeAttr("selected").filter(function(){
return $(this).attr("value") == val;
}).first().attr("selected", "selected"); //add selected attribute to selected option
});
And now, you can copy select any way you want and it'll have it's value copied too.
$("#my-select").clone(); //will have selected value copied
I think this solution is less custom so you don't need to worry if your code will break if you'll modify something later.
If you don't want it to be applied to every select on page, you can change selector on the first line like:
$(document).on("change", "select.select-to-watch", function(){

Simplification of chief7's answer:
var cloned_form = original_form.clone()
original_form.find('select').each(function(i) {
cloned_form.find('select').eq(i).val($(this).val())
})
Again, here's the jQuery ticket: http://bugs.jquery.com/ticket/1294

Yes. This is because the 'selected' property of a 'select' DOM node differs from the 'selected' attribute of the options. jQuery does not modify the options' attributes in any way.
Try this instead:
$('option', select).get(1).setAttribute('selected', 'selected');
// starting from 0 ^
If you're really interested in how the val function works, you may want to examine
alert($.fn.val)

Cloning a <select> does not copy the value= property on <option>s. So Mark's plugin does not work in all cases.
To fix, do this before cloning the <select> values:
var $origOpts = $('option', this);
var $clonedOpts = $('option', $clone);
$origOpts.each(function(i) {
$clonedOpts.eq(i).val($(this).val());
});
A different way to clone which <select> option is selected, in jQuery 1.6.1+...
// instead of:
$clonedSelects.eq(i).val($(this).val());
// use this:
$clonedSelects.eq(i).prop('selectedIndex', $(this).prop('selectedIndex'));
The latter allows you to set the <option> values after setting the selectedIndex.

$(document).on("change", "select", function(){
original = $("#original");
clone = $(original.clone());
clone.find("select").val(original.find("select").val());
});

If you just need the value of the select, to serialize the form or something like it, this works for me:
$clonedForm.find('theselect').val($origForm.find('theselect').val());

After 1 hour of trying different solutions that didn't work, I did create this simple solution
$clonedItem.find('select option').removeAttr('selected');
$clonedItem.find('select option[value="' + $originaItem.find('select').val() + '"]').attr('selected', 'true');

#pie6k show an good idea.
It solved my problem. I change it a little small:
$(document).on("change", "select", function(){
var val = $(this).val();
$(this).find("option[value=" + val + "]").attr("selected",true);
});

just reporting back. For some godly unknown reason, and even though this was the first thing I tested, and I haven't changed my code whatsoever, now the
$("#selectTipoIntervencion1").val($("#selectTipoIntervencion0").val());
approach is working. I have no idea why or if it will stop working again as soon as I change something, but I'm gonna go with this for now. Thanks everybody for the help!

Using JavaScript and JQuery, How Can I Maintain the Selected State of a Dynamically-Updated HTML Select Element?

I have a form UI whereby several sections require duplicate HTML select list to be updated dynamically from a single, dynamically-updatable select list.
The dynamically-updatable list works just fine, in that new options can be added and removed on-the-fly. I can then get this update to propagate through each of the duplicate lists using JQuery .find(). I have even added a bit of logic to maintain the currently selected index of the original select list.
What I'm not able to do is maintain the selected state of each of the duplicate select lists as new options are added and removed from the original select list. As each update to the original select list iterates through each duplicate select list, they lose their currently selected option index.
Here is an example of my conundrum--*EDIT--I would encourage you to try and execute the code I've provided below and apply your theories before suggesting a solution, as none of the suggestions so far have worked. I believe you will find this problem a good deal trickier than you might assume at first:
<form>
<div id="duplicates">
<!--// I need for each of these duplicates to maintain their currently selected option index as the original updates dynamically //-->
<select>
</select>
<select>
</select>
<select>
</select>
</div>
<div>
<input type="button" value="add/copy" onclick="var original_select = document.getElementById('original'); var new_option = document.createElement('option'); new_option.text = 'Option #' + original_select.length; new_option.value = new_option.text; document.getElementById('original').add(new_option); original_select.options[original_select.options.length-1].selected = 'selected'; updateDuplicates();" />
<input type="button" value="remove" onclick="var original_select = document.getElementById('original'); var current_selected = original_select.selectedIndex; original_select.remove(original_select[current_selected]); if(original_select.options.length){original_select.options[current_selected < original_select.options.length?current_selected:current_selected - 1].selected = 'selected';} updateDuplicates();" />
<select id="original">
</select>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function updateDuplicates(){
$("#duplicates").find("select").html($("#original").html());
}
</script>
</form>
It is important to note that the duplicate HTML select lists should remain somewhat arbitrary, if at all possible (i.e.; no ID's) as this method needs to apply generically to other dynamically-created select lists throughout the document.
Thanks in advance!

Still not 100% sure what you're asking but it seems like this should do what you're looking for and is a few less lines of code.
(function () {
function updateDuplicates() {
$("#duplicates").find("select").html($("#original").html());
$('#duplicates select').each(function () {
var lastSelectedValue = $(this).data('lastSelectedValue');
$(this).val(lastSelectedValue || $(this).val());
});
}
$(document).ready(function () {
$('button:contains(remove)').bind('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var original_select = document.getElementById('original'),
current_selected = original_select.selectedIndex;
original_select.remove(original_select[current_selected]);
if (original_select.options.length) {
original_select.options[current_selected < original_select.options.length ? current_selected : current_selected - 1].selected = 'selected';
}
updateDuplicates();
});
$('button:contains(add/copy)').bind('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var original_select = document.getElementById('original'),
new_option = document.createElement('option');
new_option.text = 'Option #' + original_select.length;
new_option.value = new_option.text;
document.getElementById('original').add(new_option);
original_select.options[original_select.options.length - 1].selected = 'selected';
updateDuplicates();
});
$('#duplicates select').bind('change', function () {
$(this).data('lastSelectedValue', $(this).val());
});
} ());
} ());
EDIT: I changed your markup to be
<button>add/copy</button>
<button>remove</button>

just set the currently selected item/value of select to some variable, then do your operation,
finally reselect the value to the select.

Okay, I think I have a workable approach to a solution, if not a clumsy one. The tricky part isn't adding a value to the original list, because the added option is always at the end of the list. The problem comes in removing a select option because doing so changes the index of the currently selectedIndex. I've tested using Google Chrome on a Mac with no errors. I have commented the code to demonstrate how I approached my solution:
<form>
<div id="duplicates">
<!--// Each of these select lists should maintain their currently selected index //-->
<select>
</select>
<select>
</select>
<select>
</select>
</div>
<div>
<!--// Using a generic function to capture each event //-->
<input type="button" value="add/copy" onClick="updateDuplicates('add');" />
<input type="button" value="remove" onClick="updateDuplicates('remove');" />
<select id="original">
</select>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
function updateDuplicates(editMode){
///* Capture the selectedIndex of each select list and store that value in an Array *///
var original_select = document.getElementById('original');
var current_selected = new Array();
$("#duplicates").find("select").each(function(index, element) {
current_selected[index] = element.selectedIndex;
});
switch(editMode){
case "add":
var new_option = document.createElement('option');
new_option.text = 'Option #' + original_select.length;
new_option.value = new_option.text;
original_select.add(new_option);
original_select.options[original_select.options.length-1].selected = 'selected';
///* Traverse each select element and copy the original into it, then set the defaultSelected attribute for each *///
$("#duplicates").find("select").each(function(index, element){
$(element).html($("#original").html());
///* Retrieve the currently selected state stored in the array from before, making sure it is a non -1 value, then set the defaultSelected attribute of the currently indexed element... *///
if(current_selected[index] > -1){
element.options[current_selected[index]].defaultSelected = true;
}
});
break;
case "remove":
var current_index = original_select.selectedIndex;
original_select.remove(original_select[current_index]);
///* Thou shalt not remove from thine empty list *///
if(original_select.options.length){
original_select.options[current_index > 0?current_index - 1:0].selected = 'selected';
}
///* Traverse each select element and copy the original into it... *///
$("#duplicates").find("select").each(function(index, element){
$(element).html($("#original").html());
///* Avoid operating on empty lists... *///
if(original_select.options.length){
///* Retrieve the currently selected state stored in the array from before, making sure it is a non -1 value... *///
if(current_selected[index] > -1){
///* If the stored index state is less or equal to the currently selected index of the original... *///
if(current_selected[index] <= current_index){
element.options[current_selected[index]].defaultSelected = true;
///* ...otherwise, the stored index state must be greater than the currently selected index of the original, and therefore we want to select the index after the stored state *///
}else{
element.options[current_selected[index] - 1].defaultSelected = true;
}
}
}
});
}
}
</script>
</form>
There is plenty of room to modify my code so that options can be inserted after the currently selectedIndex rather than appended to the end of the original select list. Theoretically, a multi-select list/menu should work as well. Have at thee.
I'm sure one of the geniuses here will be able to do this same thing with cleaner, prettier code than mine. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and commented on my original question! Cheers.

If you can reset a little, I think that the problem is you are setting your select list's HTML to another list's HTML. The browser probably doesn't try to preserve the currently selected item if all the of underlying html is being changed.
So, I think what you might try doing is explicitly adding the option elements to the target lists.
Try this jsfiddle. If you select an item other than the default first item and click "add", notice that the selected item is maintained. So you need to be a little more surgical in your managing of the target list items.
Maybe that'll help or maybe I missed the point.

How can I hide select options with JavaScript? (Cross browser)

This should work:
$('option').hide(); // hide options
It works in Firefox, but not Chrome (and probably not in IE, not tested).
A more interesting example:
<select>
<option class="hide">Hide me</option>
<option>visible option</option>
</select>
<script type="text/javascript">
// try to hide the first option
$('option.hide').hide();
// to select the first visible option
$('option:visible').first().attr('selected', 'selected');
</script>
Or see the example at http://jsfiddle.net/TGxUf/
Is the only option to detach the option elements from the DOM? I need to show them again later, so this would not be very effective.

Unfortunately, you can't hide option elements in all browsers.
In the past when I have needed to do this, I have set their disabled attribute, like so...
$('option').prop('disabled', true);
I've then used the hiding where it is supported in browsers using this piece of CSS...
select option[disabled] {
display: none;
}

As has been said, you can't display:none individual <option>s, because they're not the right kind of DOM elements.
You can set .prop('disabled', true), but this only grays out the elements and makes them unselectable -- they still take up space.
One solution I use is to .detach() the <select> into a global variable on page load, then add back only the <option>s you want on demand. Something like this (http://jsfiddle.net/mblase75/Afe2E/):
var $sel = $('#sel option').detach(); // global variable
$('a').on('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var c = 'name-of-class-to-show';
$('#sel').empty().append( $sel.filter('.'+c) );
});
At first I thought you'd have to .clone() the <option>s before appending them, but apparently not. The original global $sel is unaltered after the click code is run.
If you have an aversion to global variables, you could store the jQuery object containing the options as a .data() variable on the <select> element itself (http://jsfiddle.net/mblase75/nh5eW/):
$('#sel').data('options', $('#sel option').detach()); // data variable
$('a').on('click', function (e) {
e.preventDefault();
var $sel = $('#sel').data('options'), // jQuery object
c = 'name-of-class-to-show';
$('#sel').empty().append( $sel.filter('.'+c) );
});

Had a crack at it myself and this is what I came up with:
(function($){
$.fn.extend({detachOptions: function(o) {
var s = this;
return s.each(function(){
var d = s.data('selectOptions') || [];
s.find(o).each(function() {
d.push($(this).detach());
});
s.data('selectOptions', d);
});
}, attachOptions: function(o) {
var s = this;
return s.each(function(){
var d = s.data('selectOptions') || [];
for (var i in d) {
if (d[i].is(o)) {
s.append(d[i]);
console.log(d[i]);
// TODO: remove option from data array
}
}
});
}});
})(jQuery);
// example
$('select').detachOptions('.removeme');
$('.b').attachOptions('[value=1]');');
You can see the example at http://www.jsfiddle.net/g5YKh/
The option elements are fully removed from the selects and can be re-added again by jQuery selector.
Probably needs a bit of work and testing before it works well enough for all cases, but it's good enough for what I need.

I know this is a little late but better late than never! Here's a really simple way to achieve this. Simply have a show and hide function. The hide function will just append every option element to a predetermined (hidden) span tag (which should work for all browsers) and then the show function will just move that option element back into your select tag. ;)
function showOption(value){
$('#optionHolder option[value="'+value+'"]').appendTo('#selectID');
}
function hideOption(value){
$('select option[value="'+value+'"]').appendTo('#optionHolder');
}

Hiding an <option> element is not in the spec. But you can disable them, which should work cross-browser.
$('option.hide').prop('disabled', true);
http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.6

You can try wrapping the option elements inside a span so that they wont be visible but still be loaded in the DOM. Like below
jQ('#ddlDropdown option').wrap('<span>');
And unwrap the option which contains the 'selected' attribute as follows to display already selected option.
var selectedOption = jQ('#ddlDropdown').find("[selected]");
jQ(selectedOption).unwrap();
This works across all the browsers.

Here's an option that:
Works in all browsers
Preserves current selection when filtering
Preserves order of items when removing / restoring
No dirty hacks / invalid HTML
$('select').each(function(){
var $select = $(this);
$select.data('options', $select.find('option'));
});
function filter($select, search) {
var $prev = null;
var $options = $select.data('options');
search = search.trim().toLowerCase();
$options.each(function(){
var $option = $(this);
var optionText = $option.text();
if(search == "" || optionText.indexOf(search) >= 0) {
if ($option.parent().length) {
$prev = $option;
return;
}
if (!$prev) $select.prepend($option);
else $prev.after($option);
$prev = $option;
} else {
$option.remove();
}
});
}
JSFiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/derrh5tr/

On pure JS:
let select = document.getElementById("select_id")
let to_hide = select[select.selectedIndex];
to_hide.setAttribute('hidden', 'hidden');
to unhide just
to_hide.removeAttr('hidden');
or
to_hide.hidden = true; // to hide
to_hide.hidden = false; // to unhide

Three years late, but my Googling brought me here so hopefully my answer will be useful for someone else.
I just created a second option (which I hid with CSS) and used Javascript to move the s backwards and forwards between them.
<select multiple id="sel1">
<option class="set1">Blah</option>
</select>
<select multiple id="sel2" style="display:none">
<option class="set2">Bleh</option>
</select>
Something like that, and then something like this will move an item onto the list (i.e., make it visible). Obviously adapt the code as needed for your purpose.
$('#sel2 .set2').appendTo($('#sel1'))

It's possible if you keep in object and filter it in short way.
<select id="driver_id">
<option val="1" class="team_opion option_21">demo</option>
<option val="2" class="team_opion option_21">xyz</option>
<option val="3" class="team_opion option_31">ab</option>
</select>
-
team_id= 31;
var element = $("#driver_id");
originalElement = element.clone(); // keep original element, make it global
element.find('option').remove();
originalElement.find(".option_"+team_id).each(function() { // change find with your needs
element.append($(this)["0"].outerHTML); // append found options
});
https://jsfiddle.net/2djv7zgv/4/

This is an enhanced version of #NeverEndingLearner's answer:
full browsers support for not using unsupported CSS
reserve positions
no multiple wrappings
$("#hide").click(function(){
$("select>option.hide").wrap('<span>'); //no multiple wrappings
});
$("#show").click(function(){
$("select span option").unwrap(); //unwrap only wrapped
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select>
<option class="hide">Hide me</option>
<option>visible option</option>
</select>
<button id="hide">hide</button>
<button id="show">show</button>

Since you mentioned that you want to re-add the options later, I would suggest that you load an array or object with the contents of the select box on page load - that way you always have a "master list" of the original select if you need to restore it.
I made a simple example that removes the first element in the select and then a restore button puts the select box back to it's original state:
http://jsfiddle.net/CZcvM/

Try this:
$(".hide").css("display","none");
But I think it doesn't make sense to hide it. if you wanna remove it, just:
$(".hide").remove();

just modify dave1010's code for my need
(function($){
$.fn.extend({hideOptions: function() {
var s = this;
return s.each(function(i,e) {
var d = $.data(e, 'disabledOptions') || [];
$(e).find("option[disabled=\"disabled\"]").each(function() {
d.push($(this).detach());
});
$.data(e, 'disabledOptions', d);
});
}, showOptions: function() {
var s = this;
return s.each(function(i,e) {
var d = $.data(e, 'disabledOptions') || [];
for (var i in d) {
$(e).append(d[i]);
}
});
}});
})(jQuery);
http://jsfiddle.net/AbzL3/1/

I thought I was bright ;-)
In CSS:
option:disabled {display:none;}
In Firefox and Chrome, a select with only the enabled options were created. Nice.
In IE, the enabled options were shown, the disabled where just blank lines, in their original location. Bad.
In Edge, the enabled options shown at top, followed by blank lines for disabled options. Acceptable.

document.getElementById('hide').style.visibility='hidden';
ive used id here for option

Faster way to populate <select> with Javascript

I have two <select> boxes on a form. Selecting an item in the first <select> box will determine what should appear in the second <select> (Using Ajax http_request).
In some cases there can be a large 500 (guess) items in the second select and it takes time 5-10 seconds to update in IE. Firefox seems to work perfectly.
I wonder if there is a faster way to achieve this. Currently the server creates a string passes it to the client which is then broken up and add each item to the select by creating an option element and then adding it to the <select>.
I did try to create the whole select item as a string on the server and add that to the form but for some reason it wouldn't work in Firefox (missed something?)
Thanks

500 elements is not a lot, even for IE. You must be doing something else to cause the lag.
I just tried with 500+ options in IE6, IE7, FF2 and FF3 and all were near instantaneous. I used this code:
var data = [
{ text: 'foo', value: 'bar' },
// ...
{ text: 'foo', value: 'bar' }
];
var select = document.getElementsByTagName('select')[0];
select.options.length = 0; // clear out existing items
for(var i=0; i < data.length; i++) {
var d = data[i];
select.options.add(new Option(d.text, i))
}
I would suggest profiling the bit of code that is fetching the data and populating the drop down. Something else might be taking up the time. For example, check that the code that "breaks up" the string value returned from the server is sharp (sounds like you're doing your own custom parsing there).

The first code is fine but this works better for me:
var data = [
{ text: 'uno', value: '1' },
{text: 'dos', value: '2' }
];
var select = document.getElementById('select-choice-1');
select.options.length = 0; // clear out existing items
for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
var d = data[i];
select.options.add(new Option(d.text, d.value))
}

Setting it using SelectElement.innerHTML would be the fastest... but that FAILS in IE.
Last I checked, you can do this in IE, if you wrap all the options in a bogus <div> tag, or set the entire .outerHTML of the select list in IE.

The problem with all these answers with SelectElement.innerHTML is that you cannot do this trick with SELECTs. The solution is to use innerHTML on the PARENT of the SELECT element itself. So in your ajax/jquery/whatever code create a string that contains ALL of the SELECT HTML, and then get the holder (a div or span or whatever) and set the innerHTML to the string you've constructed.
You will need to isolate the SELECT from the page and give it an explicit parent element (span or div) to prevent other html elements from being casualties when you destroy/reconstruct the SELECT element.
Short answer:
parentselectelement.removeChild(selectelement);
parentselectelement.innerHTML = "<select ...><options...></select>";

I would create the whole select on the server and inject it into the page. That approach bypasses annoying browser discrepancies, and reduces the complexity of the client-side code.
You did mention that you tried that, but it failed in firefox. I would suggest persevering in getting it to work, posting another question asking for help on that issue, or editing your question to show us what you made that didn't work in firefox.

Don't forget to append to document.createDocumentFragment() first, before appending that to the SELECT.

It would help greatly to see your code.
IF you are creating an <option> element and appending it each iteration, you should consider creating all the <option> elements at once, and then appending them all at once.
So (in psuedocode):
// Don't do this:
for choice in choices:
option = new Options(choice)
select.append(option)
// Do this instead
var options = array()
for choice in choices:
options.append( new Options(choice) )
for option in options:
select.append(option)
// Or you might try building the select element off-screen and then appending to the DOM
var options = array()
var select = new SelectElement()
for choice in choices:
select.append( new Options(choice) )
dom_element.append(select)

When I use the first version of this it works but can be very slow in updating the second select
<html>
<form id='myform' method='post' action='$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]'>
<table>
<tr><td><select onselect='CALL_AJAX_AND_UPDATE();'></select></td></tr>
<tr><td><select id='selectid'></select></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
</html>
<script type=\"text/javascript\">
function UPDATE( updatedata )
{
var itemid = document.getElementById('selectid');
var data = updatedata.split( '|' );
var len = data.length;
for( i=0; i < len; i ++ )
{
var opt = document.createElement('option');
opt.text = data[i];
try
{
itemid.add( opt, null );
}
catch(ex)
{
itemid.add( opt );
}
}
}
</script>
This version works in IE, but firefox doesn't seem to post the second selects data. Have I missed something with this.
<html>
<form id='myform' method='post' action='$_SERVER[PHP_SELF]'>
<table>
<tr><td><select onselect='CALL_AJAX_AND_UPDATE();'></select></td></tr>
<tr><td><div id='addselect'></div></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
</html>
<script type=\"text/javascript\">
function UPDATE( updatedata )
{
// update data is full select html
var itemid = document.getElementById('addselect');
itemid.innerHTML = updatedata;
}
</script>

I like Crescent Fresh's and Kemal Fadillah's answers since both use:
select.options.add(new Options(name, value))
As for the data object I recommend a small tweak as follows:
var data = {
'uno': 1,
'dos': 2
};
var select = document.getElementById('select-choice-1');
select.options.length = 0; // clear out existing items
for (var i in data) {
select.options.add(new Option(i, data[i]));
}

If you don't mind using CoffeeScript then the following code fills a select list with JSON data in a couple of lines.
HTML
<select id="clients"></select>
CoffeeScript
fillList=($list, url)=>
$.getJSON(url)
.success((data)->
$list
.empty()
.append("<option value=\"#{item.Id}\">#{item.Name}</option>" for item in data)
)
$ ->
fillList($('#clients'), '/clients/all')
Note : The loop inside the append generates the entire html string before calling the append method once. This is nice and efficient.
Example JSON
[
{"Id":"1","Name":"Client-1"},
{"Id":"2","Name":"Client-2"}
]

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