[SOLVED] set the value of a select with javascript

[cleary1981]

Hi,

 

I want to use javascript to set the value of a select box shown below.

 

<select id="panel_type"> 
<option id="f">FLOOR STANDING</option> 
<option id="w">WALL MOUNTED</option> 
</select> 

 

for example if this was a text box i would simply write

 

document.company1.panel_type.value = "FLOOR STANDING"; 

 

how do I achieve this if I was using the above select instead?

[DarkerAngel]

with your code...

 

document.getElementById('f').value = "MyValue";
document.getElementById('f').innerHTML = "My Value";