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Add an option to select

importance: 5

There’s a <select>:

<select id="genres"> <option value="rock">Rock</option> <option value="blues" selected>Blues</option> </select>

Use JavaScript to:

  1. Show the value and the text of the selected option.
  2. Add an option: <option value="classic">Classic</option>.
  3. Make it selected.

Note, if you’ve done everything right, your alert should show blues.

The solution, step by step:

<select id="genres"> <option value="rock">Rock</option> <option value="blues" selected>Blues</option> </select> <script> // 1) let selectedOption = genres.options[genres.selectedIndex]; alert( selectedOption.value ); // 2) let newOption = new Option("Classic", "classic"); genres.append(newOption); // 3) newOption.selected = true; </script>
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