jquery sort select options by text

function alphabetizeList() {<br /> var sel = $(listField);<br /> var selected = sel.val(); // cache selected value, before reordering<br /> var opts_list = sel.find(‘option’);<br /> opts_list.sort(function (a, b) {<br /> return $(a).text() > $(b).text() ? 1 : -1;<br /> });<br /> sel.html(”).append(opts_list);<br /> sel.val(selected); // set cached selected value<br /> }</p> <p>alphabetizeList(‘#FIELDID’);