Show only first char In select option
HTML
<select id="selectbox1" style="width:1em">
<option value="S" class='hide' data-value=''>S</option>
<option value="S">Second</option>
<option value="M">Minute</option>
<option value="H">Hour</option>
<option value="D">Day</option>
<option value="W">Week</option>
<option value="T">monTh</option>
<option value="Y">Year</option>
</select>
CSS
.hide {
display: none;
}
JavaScript
$('#selectbox1').on('change', function(){
var option = $(this).find('option:selected');
$('.hide').text(option.val()).val(option.val());
$('.hide').data('value', option.text());
$('.hide').attr('selected', true);
});