Sort order of elements not maintained with JSON in Google Chrome

[kiddailey]

Note that the $.each() function under Chrome appears to not respect the order of the elements as defined in the JSON object returned by the server. When the $.each() is used to add each select item to the dropdown on the successful AJAX call, they become arranged in order of the value for each element.

For example, if I return the following from the web service:

{"2":"First Item","1":"Second Item","3":"Third Item"}

In Chrome, they will appear in the dropdown in the order:

• Second Item
• First Item
• Third Item

In Firefox the order is properly maintained. Not sure about other browsers.

[serbanghita]

I can confirm this using:

• Firefox 7 the order is just like in the JSON object
• Chrome 14 the order is sorted by the key