Javascript to select drop down value

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I have a drop down, that I want to default to one selection.

How can I do this with javascript?

Thanks!

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I have the same problem. The drop down is a connected field to another table, which has more than 1000+ entries.

I found a solution that works well with less than 500 entries, but not above that because the drop down switches mode and uses a search field for more performance.

Here's the code that works for small tables:

//Small Drop down, with 40 items - works ok.
$("#view_36-field_71").val("5d65980eed26072f431c7d8b"); //Points to data "1029" in my case, for example.
$("#view_36-field_71").trigger("liszt:updated");

Now with huge tables it stops working, due to that search field.

I've been desperately trying to set the search string to a specific value and programmatically select that unique found string. But the search string is very obscure. I can't set its val() in any way.

Any help would be appreciated.

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