scroll to selected item in html listbox

Question

I have an html listbox :

<select id="test" size="5">           
<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>
<option value="6">6</option>
<option value="7">7</option>
<option value="8">8</option>
<option value="9">9</option>
</select>

I am trying to select an item via code and have the listbox automatically scroll to the selected item.

Is this supposed to scroll the listbox automatically to the selected item ?

$('#test option[value="8"]').attr('selected', 'selected');

I can't seem to get it to do that ... am I missing something ?

Answer 1

Setting the selected item will only cause the item to be visible within the select field, but doesn't guarantee that it will be at the top of the list of items shown. I tried this in a jsfiddle and you'll see your code highlights the #8, but it's at the bottom of the select field box. http://jsfiddle.net/Ck4m3/