{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/knockout/knockout/issues/1784","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/knockout/knockout/issues/1784/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/knockout/knockout/issues/1784/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/knockout/knockout/issues/1784/events","html_url":"https://github.com/knockout/knockout/issues/1784","id":73663461,"number":1784,"title":"IE 8 / 9 creating options in a select element cannot be done via foreach","user":{"login":"franktopel","id":10668603,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10668603?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/franktopel","html_url":"https://github.com/franktopel","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franktopel/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franktopel/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franktopel/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franktopel/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franktopel/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franktopel/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franktopel/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franktopel/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/franktopel/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2015-05-06T15:56:58Z","updated_at":"2015-05-06T15:56:58Z","closed_at":null,"body":"```html\r\n<select>\r\n  <option disabled selected>Please select a friend</option>\r\n  <!-- ko foreach: friends -->\r\n  <option data-bind=\"text: name\"></option>\r\n  <!-- /ko -->\r\n</select>```\r\n\r\nwill work in Chrome/Firefox/Safari, but NOT in IE 8 and 9. Other IEs I couldn't check yet.\r\n\r\nI do know that there is the options-binding for this use-case, but shouldn't foreach support arbitrary html-elements? I mean, it DOES this on modern browsers.\r\n\r\nIf there is no intention to make this work for all supported browser, I recommend you extend the documentation for the foreach-binding and point people towards NOT using it to create `<option>`-elements."}}