jQuery select change on some Mobile/IE browsers

Question

I'm trying to implement a dependency between two different select boxes. While using the following jQuery code, most normal browsers would work perfectly (Chrome/FF) but IE/Edge/Some Mobile browsers won't be affected by the code.

    jQuery(document).ready(function($){
        $("#selectbox-dependency").change(function() {

           if ($(this).val() == "Banana") {     //value of selectbox #1
                $(".yellow").show();   //classes for each of the options in selectbox #2
                $(".red").hide();
                $(".black").hide();
                $(".gold").hide();
            }else if ($(this).val() == "cherry"){
                $(".yellow").hide();
                $(".red").show();
                $(".black").hide();
                $(".gold").hide();
            } 

        });
    }); 

Thanks!

Answer 1

It might be a problem with val() on mobile. See if this answer is getting you sorted:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4709093/jquery-mobile-val-not-working

Answer 2

The core issue was that hiding (.hide() ) the options didn't work for IE and many mobile browsers. I ended up using this customization: (Not 100% optimal, but good enough, and works on all browsers)

jQuery(document).ready(function($){
    $("#selectbox-dependency").change(function() {

       if ($(this).val() == "Banana") {     //value of selectbox #1
            $(".yellow").prop('disabled', false);   //classes for each of the options in selectbox #2
            $(".red").prop('disabled', true);
            $(".black").prop('disabled', true);
            $(".gold").prop('disabled', true);
        }else if ($(this).val() == "cherry"){
            $(".yellow").prop('disabled', true);
            $(".red").prop('disabled', false);
            $(".black").prop('disabled', true);
            $(".gold").prop('disabled', true);
        } 

    });
});