Change selected option using href action

I'm currently working on a ftl page, and I need your help. I do have a list of users, that is displayed in a dropdown menu with no selected option. Beside this list there is an href "select current user", What I need to do is to change option to choose current user to be selected in the list. here is the code:

<select class="select" name="users" id="users">
        <#list users as user&g开发者_运维问答t;
<option value="${user.id}">${user.firstName}</option>
    </#list>
</select>                       
     <a href="#">select current user</a>

BTW I do have currentUser.id. Anyone know how to achieve this using JS & YUI? Thanks in advance:)

You mean

 <a href="#" 
 onclick="document.getElementById('users').value='$(currentUser.id}'; 
 return false">select current user</a>

which will work in newer browsers

Older (and newer) browser might want

<script type="text/javascript">
function selectUser(val) {
  var users = document.forms[0].users;
  for (var i=0;i<users.length;i++) {
    if (users[i].text === val) {
      users[i].selected=true;
      break
    }
  }
  return false
}
</script>
<a href="#" id="${currentUser.id}"
 onclick="return selectUser(this.id)" >select current user</a>