I have a simple drop down list with the options male and female and the value "gender" when nothing is selected.
How do I hide "gender" from the drop down list?
Thanks
<option value="" disabled>Select Gender</option>
EDIT check it
jQuery("select#sel option:disabled").hide();
You will need to use javascript to change the contents of the select on the mouse down event.
This shows you how to do it, but they use a different event. http://www.fiendish.demon.co.uk/html/javascript/listfill.html
But I think most of the time people just leave it in and check for it in the form validation step. At least that is what I would do.