Question

I have a dropdown list,

<select id="bi_tool_y_axis" name="bi_tool[y_axis]">
   <option value="0">Vote Count</option>
   <option selected="selected" value="1">Choices of Poll</option>
   <option value="2">Location</option>
</select>

and a jquery function to change option text of value 2 in the above dropdown list

function change_text_of_value_2(new_text){
    // I want  to change text "Location" with new_text in the dropdown list
}

How can I do this? Please help..

Answer 1

try this

function change_text_of_value_2(new_text){
   $("#bi_tool_y_axis option[value='2']").text(new_text);
}