html select default

Question

In the html tag, is there something like

<select default="someValue" ... >

or

to specify the value being selected when the page is loaded? I don't have access to the single options, so

<option value="" selected> ... 

does not work for me.

Answer 1

<option value="something" selected="selected">

Is the only html way. But you can do this with jQuery , eg give your select an ID <select id="mySelect">

and

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#mySelect option[value='someValue']").attr('selected', 'selected');
});

If you don't want to use jQuery, there also is a plain javascript solution

Answer 2

 <select id="Select1" >
           <option value="x" selected="selected">x</option>
           <option value="y">Y</option>
  </select>