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<select> items not loading using Jquery

My issue might looks very super simple but I am struggling how to load items into a select using Jquery. I am using Materialize theme found here: https://pixinvent.com/materialize-material-design-admin-template/html/ltr/vertical-modern-menu-template/

I have this. Simple:

  <div class="input-field col s12">
    <select id="selectid">
      <option value="" disabled selected>Choose your option</option>
      <option value="1">Option 1</option>
      <option value="2">Option 2</option>
      <option value="3">Option 3</option>
    </select>
    <label>Materialize Select</label>
  </div>

  @section Scripts{
     <script src="~/app-assets/js/vendors.min.js"></script>
     <script src="~/app-assets/js/plugins.js"></script>
     <script src="~/app-assets/js/search.js"></script>
     <script src="~/app-assets/js/custom/custom-script.js"></script>
      <script>

        $( document ).ready(function() {
            $('#selectid').append(`<option value="${"10"}">${"test1"}</option>`);
            $('#selectid').append(`<option value="${"11"}">${"test2"}</option>`);
            $('#selectid').append(`<option value="${"12"}">${"test3"}</option>`);
        });

      </script>
  }

my problem is that my appended items are not working:

enter image description here

BUT if I move the append code outside of $( document ).ready() it works. But I am trying to load them inside it while page loads.

Why is this not working? How do I solve this?

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
2 answers
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there are many reason for this. But the most common is conflicts between your code and other js or jquery codes - so just run your code in no conflict mode by simply adding this line above your document.ready() function block.

$.noConflict();

and then replace all jQuery shortcut $ in you code by jQuery.

Or for shorter version:

var jq = $.noConflict();

and replace all jQuery shortcut $ in you code by jq.

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report

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Here is a working demo with official sample of Materialize.You can put the append code before initialize code.

<div class="input-field col s12">
    <select id="selectid">
        <option value="" disabled selected>Choose your option</option>
        <option value="1">Option 1</option>
        <option value="2">Option 2</option>
        <option value="3">Option 3</option>
    </select>
    <label>Materialize Select</label>
</div>
@section Scripts{
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/1.0.0/css/materialize.min.css">

    <!-- Compiled and minified JavaScript -->
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/materialize/1.0.0/js/materialize.min.js"></script>
    <script>
        $(document).ready(function () {
            $('#selectid').append(`<option value="${"10"}">${"test1"}</option>`);
            $('#selectid').append(`<option value="${"11"}">${"test2"}</option>`);
            $('#selectid').append(`<option value="${"12"}">${"test3"}</option>`);
            $('#selectid').formSelect();
        });
       
    </script>
}

result: enter image description here

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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