set title on options from text

Benchmark created by Gary Green on

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<form id="test"></form>
<script>
  var i = 300,
      str = '';
  while (i--) str += '<option>blah</option>';
  
  $('form').html('<select id="selectTest">' + str + '</select>');
</script>

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old each
$("#test select option").each(function() {
 $(this).attr({
  'title': $(this).text()
 });
});
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act directly on elements using each
$('#test select > option').each(function() {
 this.title = this.text;
});
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use prop function
$('#test select > option').prop('title', function() {
 return this.text;
});
ready
vanilla js
var options = document.getElementById('selectTest').options,
    i = options.length;

while (--i > -1) options[i].title = options[i].text;
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attr function
$('#test select > option').attr('title', function() {
 return this.text;
});
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  • Revision 1: published by Gary Green on