JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by sushanth009
HTML
<select id="city">
<option value="1">1 </option>
<option value="2">2 </option>
<option value="3">3 </option>
<option value="City, ST"> City, ST </option>
</select>
CSS
#div1
{
width: 100px;
height: 100px;
background-color: orange;
position: absolute;
top: 20%;left : 30%;
}
JavaScript
$(function() {
$('select#city').find('option[value*="City"][value*="ST"]').attr('selected', 'selected');
});