Placeholder in the select list

You could add a option with the value "0" to the select list and in when you redirect you check for values that are not 0:

This code should go in to a .js file added to your themes .info file.

Drupal.behaviors.shortcutMenu = function(context) {
  var option = $('<option />').text(Drupal.t('- Select -')).attr('value', '0')[0];
  $('#edit-jump-goto select:not(.shortcutmenu-processed)', context)
    .addClass('shortcutmenu-processed')
    .prepend(option).val('0')
    .bind('change click', function() {
      var selected = $('option:selected', this);
      if ($(selected).attr('value') !== '0') {
        window.location = selected.val();
      }
    });
}

This code will also trigger a redirect when selecting one of the values. To remove the Go button you could add some css to your theme. html.js .jump-quickly input { display:none; }

I use the code above for external links. If your links are internal (node/10) then you could add something like:
window.location = Drupal.settings.basePath + selected.val();

Hey,

Thanks for this code, but it didn't work for me. Am I supposed to change ".shortcutmenu-processed" ? Is this in your markup? Also I am using internal pages, and as you suggested I replace the line you mentioned. Here's my code that I am adding to a js file in drupal 6.19:

Drupal.behaviors.shortcutMenu = function(context) {
  var option = $('<option />').text(Drupal.t('Select')).attr('value', '0')[0];
  $('#edit-jump-goto select:not(.shortcutmenu-processed)', context)
    .addClass('shortcutmenu-processed')
    .prepend(option).val('0')
    .bind('change click', function() {
      var selected = $('option:selected', this);
      if ($(selected).attr('value') !== '0') {
        window.location = Drupal.settings.basePath + selected.val();
      }
    });
}

Thanks,

It is this line you will need to change:
$('#edit-jump-goto select:not(.shortcutmenu-processed)', context)

where #edit-jump-goto is the ID for the selector the shortcut menu you want this script to work on.

Later after i replied to you I found the module Special Menu Items which can create placeholder items in menus.

Thanks for replying. The div id in my markup happens to be the same as yours. I solve the problem with this jQuery:

$(document).ready(function() {
                $('#edit-jump-goto').prepend('<option value="0" selected="selected">Select</option>');
});

This is now a duplicate of #270924: Jump without "Go" Button which will incorporate something similar in the 2.x branch.

Is this planned to allow for Special Menu items that end up as OptGroups or non-functional options, etc.?

I have some code to contribute, but want to match up to share best :)