Select the selct tag option based on option text and value

by Budhram Gurung

HTML

<select id="selectbox1">    
    <option value="s" class='hide' data-value=''>Select Option</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

// Select by option text
//$("#selectbox1 option:contains('Year')").prop("selected",true);

// Select by option value
$("#selectbox1").val('t');
//$("#selectbox1 option[value='t']").prop("selected",true);