Question

Click form edit has trouble on drop down list

Dropdown list shows first item. I need to select value based on <p>Professor<p/>

html

<p>Title</p>
<p class='title'>Professor</p>

JQuery

$('.title').click(function(){
    $(this).replaceWith('<select class="title" name="title"><option >Please Select</option><option value="Mr">Mr</option><option value="Mrs">Mrs</option><option value="Ms">Ms</option><option value="Miss">Miss</option><option value="Dr">Dr</option><option value="Professor">Professor</option><option value="Sir">Sir</option></select>');
});​

Demo

Answer 1

    var theValue = $(this).html();
    $("select.title").val( theValue ).attr('selected',true);