title: "defaultValue" property for <select>?
body: <p>Javascript has <code>textObject.defaultValue=somevalue</code> for retrieving the default value (stored value from page load) of an input even if you wipe the input and replace the contents, you can still get the default back. Like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>// in the html page
  &lt;input id="addr1" type="text" value="21 Oak St." /&gt;
  
  // the jquery
  myInput = $("#addr1"); // the input, default value on page load = 21 Oak St.
  
  $(myInput).val('51 New St'); // wipe default and set new
  
  // alerts 21 Oak St
  alert($(myInput).val($(myInput)[0].defaultValue));
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>How do you accomplish this on a select?</strong></p>
  
  <p><code>selectedIndex</code> is boolean, not the value, so that does not work.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>