How to add options to a select element using jQuery?

In this article, we will understand how to add options to a select element at run time with various methods using jquery.

Following are the various examples of how to add options to a select element using jQuery?

Example 1:

<! DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset = "UTF-8" />
	<meta http-equiv = "X-UA-Compatible" content = "IE=edge">
    <meta name = "viewport" content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1.0 ,user-scalable=no">
	<title>
	Adding options to a select element using jQuery?
</title>
<style>
h2  {
  margin-top: 40px;
  text-transform: none;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: bold;
   font-family: "Segoe UI", Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", "Dejavu Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
  color: #999; 
  letter-spacing: -0.005em; 
  word-spacing: 1px;
  letter-spacing: none;
}
p {
  color: black;
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 20px;
  text-align: center;
}
#select1 {
  background: #be0071;
  padding: 5px 20px;
  color: #fff;
  cursor: pointer;
  z-index: 99;
}
.btn {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
     -moz-appearance: none;
          appearance: none;
  background-color: transparent;
  border: 2px solid #e74c3c;
  border-radius: 0.6em;
  color: #e74c3c;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: flex;
  align-self: center;
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1;
  margin: 20px;
  padding: 1.2em 2.8em;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-align: center;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}
.btn:hover, .btn:focus {
  color: #fff;
  outline: 0;
}
.first {
  transition: box-shadow 300ms ease-in-out, color 300ms ease-in-out;
}
.first:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 0 40px 40px #e74c3c inset;
}
html {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: #2c3e50;
  font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
}
body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: #2c3e50;
  font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
}
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Catamaran');
body {
  background: hsl(217.6,100%,80%);
  font-family: monospace;
  padding-top: 5em;
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: wrap column;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}
h1 {
  margin-top: 40px;
  text-transform: none;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: bold;
   font-family: "Segoe UI", Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", "Dejavu Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
  color: #999; 
  letter-spacing: -0.005em; 
  word-spacing: 1px;
  letter-spacing: none;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
	<h1>
	Example 
</h1>
<h2> 
	<b>
	Adding options to a select element using jQuery?
</b>
</h2>
	<p>
		Select one from the given options:
		<select id="select1">
			<option value= "0"> Select car: </option>
		<option value = "1"> Audi </option>
		<option value = "2"> BMW </option>
		<option value = "3"> Citroen </option>
		<option value = "4"> Ford </option>
		<option value = "5"> Honda </option>
		<option value = "6"> Volvo </option>
		</select>
	</p>
	<p>
	Click the button below to add
	one option to the select box.
</p>
	<button onclick = "addOption()" class = "btn first">
	Add option
</button>
	<script src =
"https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js">
</script>
	<script type="text/javascript">
		function addOption() {
			optionText = 'Premium';
			optionValue = 'premium';
			$('#select1').append(`<option value="${optionValue}">
		${optionText}
		</option>`);
		}
	</script>
</body>
</html>

Explanation:

In the above example, we created an example of how to add an element in jQuery at run time with the help of an Append the option tag to the select box.

Output:

Following is the output of this example.

How to add options to a select element using jQuery

After adding an element, the output is given below.

Example 2:

<! DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset = "UTF-8" />
	<meta http-equiv = "X-UA-Compatible" content = "IE=edge">
    <meta name = "viewport" content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1.0 ,user-scalable=no">
	<title>
	Adding options to a select element using jQuery?
</title>
<style>
h2  {
  margin-top: 40px;
  text-transform: none;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: bold;
   font-family: "Segoe UI", Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", "Dejavu Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
  color: #999; 
  letter-spacing: -0.005em; 
  word-spacing: 1px;
  letter-spacing: none;
}
p {
  color: black;
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 20px;
  text-align: center;
}
#select1 {
  background: #be0071;
  padding: 5px 20px;
  color: #fff;
  cursor: pointer;
  z-index: 99;
}
.btn {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
     -moz-appearance: none;
          appearance: none;
  background-color: transparent;
  border: 2px solid #e74c3c;
  border-radius: 0.6em;
  color: #e74c3c;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: flex;
  align-self: center;
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1;
  margin: 20px;
  padding: 1.2em 2.8em;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-align: center;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}
.btn:hover, .btn:focus {
  color: #fff;
  outline: 0;
}
.first {
  transition: box-shadow 300ms ease-in-out, color 300ms ease-in-out;
}
.first:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 0 40px 40px #e74c3c inset;
}
html {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: #2c3e50;
  font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
}
body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: #2c3e50;
  font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
}
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Catamaran');
body {
  background: hsl(217.6,100%,80%);
  font-family: monospace;
  padding-top: 5em;
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: wrap column;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}
h1 {
  margin-top: 40px;
  text-transform: none;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: bold;
   font-family: "Segoe UI", Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", "Dejavu Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
  color: #999; 
  letter-spacing: -0.005em; 
  word-spacing: 1px;
  letter-spacing: none;
}
</style>
</head>

<body>
	<h1>
	Example 
</h1>
<h2> 
	<b>
	Adding options to a select element using jQuery?
</b>
</h2>
	<p>
		Select one from the given options:
		<select id="select1">
			<option value= "0"> Select car: </option>
		<option value = "1"> Audi </option>
		<option value = "2"> BMW </option>
		<option value = "3"> Citroen </option>
		<option value = "4"> Ford </option>
		<option value = "5"> Honda </option>
		<option value = "6"> Volvo </option>

		</select>
	</p>
	<p>
	Click the button below to add
	one option to the select box.
</p>
	
	<button onclick = "addOption()" class = "btn first">
	Add option
</button>
	
	<script src =
"https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js">
</script>
	 <script type="text/javascript">
        function addOption() {
            optionText = 'Ultimate';
            optionValue = 'ultimate';
  
            $('#select1').append(new Option(optionText, optionValue));
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Explanation:

In the above example, we created an example of how to add an element in jQuery at run time with the help of an Option () constructor to create a new option.

Output:

Following is the output of this example.

After adding an element, the output is given below.

Example 3:

<! DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset = "UTF-8" />
	<meta http-equiv = "X-UA-Compatible" content = "IE=edge">
    <meta name = "viewport" content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1.0 ,user-scalable=no">
	<title>
	Adding options to a select element using jQuery?
</title>
<style>
h2  {
  margin-top: 40px;
  text-transform: none;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: bold;
   font-family: "Segoe UI", Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", "Dejavu Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
  color: #999; 
  letter-spacing: -0.005em; 
  word-spacing: 1px;
  letter-spacing: none;
}
p {
  color: black;
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 20px;
  text-align: center;
}
#select1 {
  background: #be0071;
  padding: 5px 20px;
  color: #fff;
  cursor: pointer;
  z-index: 99;
}
.btn {
  box-sizing: border-box;
  -webkit-appearance: none;
     -moz-appearance: none;
          appearance: none;
  background-color: transparent;
  border: 2px solid #e74c3c;
  border-radius: 0.6em;
  color: #e74c3c;
  cursor: pointer;
  display: flex;
  align-self: center;
  font-size: 1rem;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 1;
  margin: 20px;
  padding: 1.2em 2.8em;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-align: center;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
}
.btn:hover, .btn:focus {
  color: #fff;
  outline: 0;
}

.first {
  transition: box-shadow 300ms ease-in-out, color 300ms ease-in-out;
}
.first:hover {
  box-shadow: 0 0 40px 40px #e74c3c inset;
}
html {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: #2c3e50;
  font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
}
body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
  background: #2c3e50;
  font-family: "Montserrat", sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
}
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Catamaran');
body {
  background: hsl(217.6,100%,80%);
  font-family: monospace;
  padding-top: 5em;
  display: flex;
  flex-flow: wrap column;
  justify-content: center;
  align-items: center;
}
h1 {
  margin-top: 40px;
  text-transform: none;
  font-size: 1.75em;
  font-weight: bold;
   font-family: "Segoe UI", Frutiger, "Frutiger Linotype", "Dejavu Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
  color: #999; 
  letter-spacing: -0.005em; 
  word-spacing: 1px;
  letter-spacing: none;
}
</style>
</head>

<body>
	<h1>
	Example 
</h1>
<h2> 
	<b>
	Adding options to a select element using jQuery?
</b>
</h2>
	<p>
		Select one from the given options:
		<select id="select1">
			<option value= "0"> Select car: </option>
		<option value = "1"> Audi </option>
		<option value = "2"> BMW </option>
		<option value = "3"> Citroen </option>
		<option value = "4"> Ford </option>
		<option value = "5"> Honda </option>
		<option value = "6"> Volvo </option>

		</select>
	</p>
	<p>
	Click the button below to add
	one option to the select box.
</p>
	
	<button onclick = "addOption()" class = "btn first">
	Add option
</button>
	
	<script src =
"https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.3.1.min.js">
</script>
	 <script type="text/javascript">
        function addOption() {
            optionText = 'Extra';
            optionValue = 'extra';
  
            $('#select1').append($('<option>').val(optionValue).text(optionText));
        }
    </script>
</body>

</html>

Explanation:

In the above example, we created an example of how to add an element in jQuery at run time with the help of a new jQuery DOM element created with the option tag.

Output:

Following is the output of this example.

After adding an element, the output is given below.

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