Customized selection tag background color not showing after refresh div tag

[Eugene_15]

I need to refresh my div tag (galleryadv) after ajax post submits to prepare for the next submit. But after submit successfully and refresh, my customized selection tag always changes to the default selection tag. would need some help to resolve my customized selection tag background color, it changes back to the default color instead of black whenever the div refreshes, would appreciate some advice on this, thanks.

index.php

    <script>
         function uploadadv(){

         var catadv = document.getElementById("catadv").value;
         var typeadv = document.getElementById("typeadv").value;
         var countryadv = document.getElementById("countryadv").value;

         var myData = 'catadv='+catadv+ '&typeadv='+typeadv+ '&countryadv='+ countryadv;

         jQuery.ajax({
         type: "POST", // HTTP method POST or GET
         url: "uploadsignupeditadvcheck.php", //Where to make Ajax calls
         dataType:"text", // Data type, HTML, json etc.
         data:myData, //Form variables
         success:function(data){ 

         $('#messageeditcheckadv').html(data);

         },

         error:function (xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError){
           alert(thrownError);
        }
        });  
        };
    </script>

    <div class="galleryadv">

             <select class="selgender edit-profilegender" id="catadv" name="catadv" onkeydown="IgnoreAlpha(event);" style="box-shadow:none; font-size:10.5px; padding:0px 0px 0px 3px;">

                           <option value="Select Category">Select&nbsp;Category</option> 
                           <option value="Antiques">Antiques</option>
                           <option value="Arts">Arts</option>
                           <option value="Automotive">Automotive</option>
                           <option value="Children">Children</option>
                           <option value="Collectibles">Collectibles</option>
                           <option value="Electronic">Electronic</option>
                           <option value="Education">Education</option>
                           <option value="Fashion">Fashion</option>
                           <option value="Foods">Foods</option>
                           <option value="Games">Games</option>
                           <option value="Health&nbsp;&&nbsp;Beauty">Health&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Beauty</option>
                           <option value="Home&nbsp;&&nbsp;Garden">Home&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Garden</option>
                           <option value="Property">Property</option>
                           <option value="Sports">Sports</option>
                           <option value="Toys">Toys</option> 
                           <option value="Travel">Travel</option> 

           </select>

           <select id="typeadv" name="typeadv" class="selgender edit-profilegender" style="box-shadow:none; font-size:10.5px; padding:0px 0px 0px 3px;"> 
                           <option value="">Select&nbsp;Type</option>
                           <option value="Billboard">Billboard</option>
                           <option value="Noticeboard">Noticeboard</option>
                           <option value="Classified">Classified</option>
                           <option value="Company">Company</option>
                           <option value="Website">Website</option>
                           <option value="Product">Product</option>

           </select>

           <select id="countryadv" name="country" class="selectcountry  edit-profilecountry" style="box-shadow:none; font-size:10.5px; padding:0px 0px 0px 3px;">
                           <option value="">Select Country</option>
                           <option value="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</option>
                           <option value="Åland Islands">Åland&nbsp;Islands</option>
                           <option value="Albania">Albania</option>
                           <option value="Algeria">Algeria</option>
                           <option value="American Samoa">American&nbsp;Samoa</option>
                           <option value="Andorra">Andorra</option>
                           <option value="Angola">Angola</option>
                           <option value="Anguilla">Anguilla</option>
                           <option value="Antarctica">Antarctica</option>

            </select>

      </div>

       $(document).ready(function() {
// attach the plugin to all selects

   $('.selcountry, .seltype, .selcat, .selsort, .selgender, .selday, .selmonth, .selyear, .selectcountry, .selectcity').selectik({maxItems: 1, minScrollHeight: 0}, {
        _generateHtml: function(){
            this.$collection = this.$cselect.children();
            var html = '';
            for (var i = 0; i < this.$collection.length; i++){
                var $this = $(this.$collection[i]);
                html += '<li class="'+ ($this.attr('disabled') === 'disabled' ? 'disabled' : '') +'" data-value="'+$this[0].value+'">'+($this.data('selectik') ? $this.data('selectik') : $this[0].text)+'<\/li>';

             };

            return html;

            }

        }

     );

 });

uploadsignupeditadvcheck.php

       $(".galleryadv").load(location.href+" .galleryadv>*");

[Dani]

You have the code onkeydown="IgnoreAlpha(event);" to run the IgnoreAlpha() function on a key down event on the select. Can you show the code for IgnoreAlpha()? Thanks!

[Dani]

... Additionally, when is uploadadv() called? When it runs, it overwrites all the HTML in the #messageeditcheckadv element. Is the dropdown inside that element?