title: Select first Option in Select element with jQuery
body: <p>I've read a few posts on how to select the first Option in an HTML Select element with jQuery, but I can't seem to get it working on a jQuery mobile page. </p>
  
  <p>Select element:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;select id="myList"&gt;
      &lt;option value="" selected&gt;Select a List&lt;/option&gt;
      &lt;option value="1"&gt;Item 1&lt;/option&gt;
      &lt;option value="2"&gt;Item 2&lt;/option&gt;
      &lt;option value="3"&gt;Item 3&lt;/option&gt;
  &lt;/select&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Script I'm invoking to select first Option:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$("#myList").val($("#myList option:first").val());
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm not trying to get the value of the first option in the select element, I'm actually trying to select it.</p>
  
  <p>Is there something else I need to do in order to get this to work on a jQuery mobile page?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>