title: Set the selected index of a Dropdown using jQuery
body: <p>How do I set the index of a dropdown in jQuery if the way I'm finding the control is as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$("*[id$='" + originalId + "']") 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I do it this way because I'm creating controls dynamically and since the ids are changed when using Web Forms, I found this as a work around to find me some controls. But once I have the jQuery object, I do not know how to set the selected index to 0 (zero).</p>