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JavaScript
var input = $("<select>").attr("multiple", "multiple").attr("size", "4");
var op = $("<option>").attr("value", "aaa").attr("label", "choice aaa1").text("aaa1");
input.append(op);
op = $("<option>").attr("value", "bbb").attr("label", "choice bbb2").text("bbb2").attr("selected","selected") ;
input.append(op);
op = $("<option>").attr("value", "ccc").attr("label", "choice ccc3").text("ccc3").attr("selected","selected") ;
input.append(op);
op = $("<option>").attr("value", "ddd").attr("label", "choice ddd4").text("ddd4");
input.append(op);
$("body").append(input);
// also note that in Firefox labels in option tags are not working
// they work in Opera, Chrome and IE7+ (not sure about Safari)