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JavaScript How to use "this" with onchange event and select element

I have got several select tags and divs in my html:
<div>
<select name="one" id="oneId" class="selectOne" onchange="myFunction()">
<option value="" disabled selected>choose*</option>
<option value="1">Yes</option>
<option value="2">No</option>
</select>
<div class="show" style="display:none;">
<input type="number" value="" id="other"></input>
</div>
</div>
Now I would like to do semething like this:
function myFunction() {
var a = this.value; // to select this "select tag" of this function
var b = this.closest("show"); // to select closest "show div" to select tag
var c = b.children; //input // to select input in "show div"
if (a == 1) {
b.style.display = "block";
c.removeAttribute("disabled");
} else {
b.style.display = "none";
c.setAttribute('disabled','disabled');
}
}
function myFunction() {
var a = this.value; // to select this "select tag" of this function
var b = this.closest("show"); // to select closest "show div" to select tag
var c = b.children; //input // to select input in "show div"
if (a == 1) {
b.style.display = "block";
c.removeAttribute("disabled");
} else {
b.style.display = "none";
c.setAttribute('disabled', 'disabled');
}
}
<div>
<select name="one" id="oneId" class="selectOne" onchange="myFunction()">
<option value="" disabled selected>choose*</option>
<option value="1">Yes</option>
<option value="2">No</option>
</select>
<div class="show" style="display:none;">
<input type="number" value="" id="other"></input>
</div>
</div>
The main problem is with selecting proper elements (read the comment tags)

Referencing the event target
this will differ depending on how the listener-function is added to an element.
You can add a listener using …
… EventTarget.addEventListener(). this will be the element it is added to.
… HTMLElement.onevent – where event of .onevent is an actual event name. this will be the element it is added to.
… inline onevent listeners (e.g. using the HTML-attribute onchange="myFunction()"). this will be the global object, see globalThis.
It is generally recommended to use EventTarget.addEventListener() for multiple reasons. Here are two of many reasons why you should use it:
It allows for multiple listeners to be added instead of just one.
Using it will keep your HTML clear of JavaScript, separating functionality from structure. Use JavaScript to add functionality, not HTML.
Here is an example demonstrating the ways of adding listeners:
document.querySelector('button').addEventListener('click', log); // Case 1
document.querySelector('button:nth-child(2)').onclick = log; // Case 2
function log() {
console.log((this === globalThis ? "'this' is 'globalThis'" : this));
}
<button>Using addEventListener()</button>
<button>Using Element.onclick</button>
<button onclick="log()">Using onevent-listener</button> <!-- Case 3 -->
To make it more consistent, one can use Event.target. The event-object is usually passed as the first argument. Using inline onevent listener would require you to pass the event-object event yourself.
Using Event.target will always return the event-target, regardless of what way you choose to add the listener.
The modified code would look like this:
document.querySelector('button').addEventListener('click', log); // Case 1
document.querySelector('button:nth-child(2)').onclick = log; // Case 2
function log(evt) {
console.log((evt.target === globalThis ? 'test' : evt.target));
}
<button>Using addEventListener()</button>
<button>Using Element.onclick</button>
<button onclick="log(event)">Using onevent-listener</button> <!-- Case 3 -->
Finding other elements relative to an element
This is accomplished by using the .querySelector() function of Element or Document to query for children, and the Element.closest() function to query for ancestors. Both functions require a String containing CSS selectors to be passed.
In case you need to find a neighboring sibling, you can use Node.nextSibling or Node.previousSibling to find neighboring Node siblings. This also includes TextNodes and similar non-element Nodes.
To only find neighboring element siblings, use Element.nextElementSibling or Element.previousElementSibling.
If your <div class="show"> will always be the following element after your <select>, you can simply use .nextElementSibling like this:
document.querySelector('select').addEventListener('change', selectChanged);
function selectChanged(evt) {
var divShow = evt.target.nextElementSibling;
divShow.style.display = evt.target.value;
}
<select>
<option disabled selected>Choose</option>
<option value="block">Show <div></option>
<option value="none">Hide <div></option>
</select>
<div class="show" style="display:none">
This <div> is shown.
</div>

this refers to the select element inside the onchange function.
You are calling myFunction() from that function so, as per the standard rules, this is going to be window inside myFunction.
If you want to pass the element along then you'll need to do so explicitly (either as an argument or with apply or call).
Better yet, don't use intrinsic event attributes (which have all sorts of issues), and use addEventListener instead.
Once you've sorted that problem, you'll find that you are using closest completely wrong.
It searches ancestors not siblings (so possibly you'd want this.parentElement.querySelector instead) and, like querySelector expects a selector and not a plain class name.

Enter Key on Input Automatically Tab to Next Input with Fields in iFrames

I have a form with inputs which also has an iFrame embedded in the form which also has inputs (pseudo HTML):
<input type="text" name="one" value="one" />
<input type="text" name="two" value="two" />
<input type="text" name="three" value="three" />
<iframe
<input type="text" name="bacon" value="bacon">
</iframe>
<input type="text" name="four" value="four" />
<input type="text" name="five" value="five" />
When the user presses tab they are taken from input to input even inside the iframe fields selecting bacon after three. We all love bacon.
I also have some javascript that attempts to focus the next input on enter key:
$(document).ready(function() {
$(document).on('keydown', 'input', function(ev) {
// Move to next on enter
if (ev.which === 13) {
var inputs = $(':tabbable');
var next = inputs.index(this) + 1;
var input = inputs.eq(next == inputs.length ? 0 : next);
input.focus();
return false;
}
});
});
The problem is the javascript enter key code never focuses the bacon field, it will skip right over it. jsfiddle:
https://jsfiddle.net/54n8mqkh/4/
Let's all skip answers that include not using the iFrame. I know it is not an ideal implementation. However, I would accept ANY answer that allows the enter key to move through all the fields consistently including the iframe using any type of javascript. It does not have to be jquery specific.
I have tried a few different approaches to solve this but none I have found works. Thanks in advance to anyone who has a solution.

You need to focus inside of the iframe like so :
var frameBody = $("#IFrame_input").contents().find("input");
frameBody.focus();

I am going to answer my own question - after a few more hours I was able to solve my use case by expanding my selector to include the iframe. Then I build the array of inputs manually and while iterating I checked the node type for an iframe. If / when I encountered an iframe, I did the same select inside the iframe and added the inputs within the iframe:
$(document).ready(function() {
// Parent level helper function
window.tabToNext = function(me) {
var selector = ':tabbable, iframe';
var inputElems = [];
$(selector).each(function(index) {
var nodeName = $(this).prop('nodeName').toLowerCase();
if (nodeName == 'iframe') {
$(this).contents().find(selector).each(function(index) {
inputElems.push(this);
});
} else {
inputElems.push(this);
}
});
var inputs = $(inputElems);
var next = inputs.index(me) + 1;
if (next == inputs.length) next = 0;
var input = inputs.eq(next);
input.focus();
return false;
}
$(document).on('keydown', 'input', function(ev) {
// Move to next on enter
if (ev.which === 13) {
return window.tabToNext(this);
}
});
// Focus the first input
$('input[name=one]').focus();
});
FWIW: I could not just expand the selector as best I could tell and also I tried to use $.add to build the collection starting with an empty jQuery collection:
var foo = $([]);
foo.add(someElement);
... but it does not honor the order you add. It will re-order to the DOM according to the docs which SEEMS like it should be right, but for some reason my iframe child fields always ended up last and messed up the tab order.
Anyhow, I hope if someone else has this issue some day you find this helpful. Working solution:
https://jsfiddle.net/wbs1zajs/6/

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

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