So I have a dropdown list
<select id="theSelectId">
<option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
<option value="saab">Saab</option>
<option value="mercedes">Mercedes</option>
<option value="audi">Audi</option>
</select>
This is what I would like
<select id="theSelectId">
<option value="" selected="selected"></option>
<option value="volvo">Volvo</option>
<option value="saab">Saab</option>
<option value="mercedes">Mercedes</option>
<option value="audi">Audi</option>
</select>
Trying to add a blank option before and set it to this, want to enforce the user to select a value from the original list but would like it to be blank when they see the option they have to choose.
Trying this but not working
// Add blank option
var blankOption = {optVal : ''};
$.each(blankOption, function(optVal, text) {
$('<option></option>').val(optVal).html(text).preprendTo('#theSelectId');
});
and I have tried this but is clears out the other values
$('#theSelectId option').prependTo('<option value=""></option>');