JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by VajdaS
HTML
<h1>Good</h1>
<select id="drop1">
<option>None</option>
<option>Bill</option>
<option>Steve</option>
<option>Harry</option>
</select>
<br/>
<select id="drop2">
<option>None</option>
<option>Sue</option>
<option>Mary</option>
<option>Sally</option>
</select>
<br/>
<h1>Bad</h1>
<select id="cbo1">
<option>None</option>
<option>Bill</option>
<option>Steve</option>
<option>Harry</option>
</select>
<br/>
<select id="cbo2">
<option>None</option>
<option>Sue</option>
<option>Mary</option>
<option>Sally</option>
</select>
<br/>
CSS
body
{
margin:5em;
}
div
{
padding:2em;
border:1px solid black;
width:50em;
}
select
{
width:20em;
}
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function () {
//GOOD
$("[id*=drop1]").prepend("<option selected='true'>CHOOSE</option>");
$("[id*=drop2]").prepend("<option selected='true'>CHOOSE</option>");
//BAD
var cbos = $("[id*=cbo]")
$.each(cbos, function (index, item) {
$(item[0]).prepend("<option value='' selected='selected'>CHOOSE</option>")
});
});