Different behaviour Chrome and Firefox when using prop('selectedIndex',-1)

[invasionofsmallcubes]

It's the first time I use backbone-support to handle zombie views.
Before introducing it, I did not have the following problem:

    this.$el.append(this.template());

    // this view fills up a select with options taken from a web services
    this.renderChildInto(new App.view.ResourcesView({name: "idActivityDesc", url: "/wfc-services/resources/activities"}), "#divIdActivityDesc");

    // population of the forms elements according to the loaded model
    this.populateSelectElements();
    this.populateTextElements();

    if(this.model.get('completed')) {
        this.$("#active").removeAttr("disabled");
    }

    this.delegateEvents(this.events);
    return this;

With Firefox it's all working fine. If the model is empty the select elements are going to be set up with default elements. In my case is selectedIndex to -1.

Going in debug inside the view everything seems fine. I have the problem when the view is going to be happened to the parent via the method renderChildInto. The dom is fine, but without the changes derived from the populateSelectElements() if the model is empty. If it's not empty I have no problem and the view is working fine.

I'm really puzzled about it because before the return this; statement, even in Chrome/Chromium I see the selectedIndex to -1. But in the final rendered view on the browser I see the select having selectedIndex to 0.

In the composite_view.js the called code is:

  renderChild: function(view) {
    view.render();
    this.children.push(view);
    view.parent = this;
  },

  renderChildInto: function(view, container) {
    this.renderChild(view);
    this.$(container).html(view.el);
  },

[ecbypi]

@invasionofsmallcubes Are you still experiencing this problem? Were you able to find a solution? If not, could you provide a gist or sample code that reproduces the problem?

[invasionofsmallcubes]

@ecbypi I honestly cannot tell you, it has been ages. I'm not using backbone anymore.

[ecbypi]

OK. Thanks for following up.