How to create dropdown list dynamically using jQuery?

Question

How do you create a dropdown list dynamically using jQuery? By dropdown list, I mean a <select> with its associated <option> values.

Answer 1

Just create the elements like any element.

Example:

var data = {
    'foo': 'bar',
    'foo2': 'baz'
}


var s = $('<select />');

for(var val in data) {
    $('<option />', {value: val, text: data[val]}).appendTo(s);
}

s.appendTo('body'); // or wherever it should be