JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Kishore Sahasranaman

HTML

<select name="country" class="dropdownselect" >
         <option value="">Select Country</option>   
             <option value="Afghanistan" selected="selected">Afghanistan</option>
             <option value="Albania" selected="selected">Albania</option>
             <option value="Algeria" selected="selected">Algeria</option>
</select>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
    
    var item = window.sessionStorage.getItem('country');
    $('select[name=country]').val(item);

    $('select[name=country]').change(function() {
       window.sessionStorage.setItem('country', $(this).val());
    });

});