setting value in a select dropdown

I have a repeating skills section in which I  want the players to be able to lock their skills with a button. I did this by swapping the row for one in which everything is disabled, and it works great.  The only problem is that I have a dropdown to select which ability modifies the skill. In the disabled one, I cannot get it to show the same value that was selected. I tried replacing it with a span with the same name, but that shows the value of the selection instead of the name.  So if the option <option value=@{dexterity}>DEX</option> is selected, it will show "@{dexterity}" when I want it to show "DEX", just as it does in the enabled dropdown. Does anyone know of a way to do this?

We'd have to see the code for the normal and disabled section to see why it's happening and how to fix it.

This is the html: <div> <input type="checkbox" class="sheet-block-switch" name="attr_block_switch" value="1"> <div class="sheet-block-a" style="margin-top:-28px;margin-left:16px;"> <button type="action" class="lockbutton"name="act_lock">)</button> <button type="roll" class="skill-button" value="&{template:API-button}{{button=[@{skill-name}](!
/as @{character_name} @{skill-roll-templ})}}"></button> <input type="text" name="attr_skill-name" class="skill-name" style="margin-left:4px;" value="New Skill"/> <select name="attr_ability" class="ability-select"> <option value=@{strengthe}>STR</option> <option value=@{dexterity}>DEX</option> <option value=@{intelligence}>INT</option> <option value=@{perception}>PER</option> <option value=@{will}>WIL</option> </select> <input type="hidden" name="attr_skill-level" value="1" /> <input type="hidden" name="attr_skill" class="dot" value="1" /> <button type="action" name="act_skill-1" class="dot dot-0"> - </button> <button type="action" name="act_skill-2" class="dot gt-1"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button type="action" name="act_skill-3" class="dot gt-1 gt-2"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button type="action" name="act_skill-4" class="dot gt-1 gt-2 gt-3"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button type="action" name="act_skill-5" class="dot gt-1 gt-2 gt-3 gt-4"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button type="action" name="act_skill-6" class="dot gt-1 gt-2 gt-3 gt-4 gt-5"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button type="action" name="act_skill-7" class="dot gt-1 gt-2 gt-3 gt-4 gt-5 gt-6"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button type="action" name="act_skill-8" class="dot gt-1 gt-2 gt-3 gt-4 gt-5 gt-6 gt-7"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button type="action" name="act_skill-9" class="dot gt-1 gt-2 gt-3 gt-4 gt-5 gt-6 gt-7 gt-8"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button type="action" name="act_skill-10" class="dot gt-1 gt-2 gt-3 gt-4 gt-5 gt-6 gt-7 gt-8 gt-9"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <select name="attr_effect-die" class="ability-select"> <option value="0">d2</option> <option value="1">d4</option> <option value="2">d6</option> <option value="3">d8</option> <option value="4">d10</option> <option value="5">d12</option> <option value=@{strengthe}>STR</option> <option value=@{dexterity}>DEX</option> <option value=@{intelligence}>INT</option> <option value=@{perception}>PER</option> <option value=@{will}>WIL</option> </select> <span style="padding-top:12px;width:2em;">keep</span> <select name="attr_keep" class="ability-select"> <option value="k1">1</option> <option value="k2">2</option> <option value="k3">3</option> </select> </div> <div class="sheet-block-b" style="margin-top:-28px;margin-left:16px;"> <button type="action" class="lockbutton"name="act_lock">(</button> <button type="roll" class="skill-button" value="&{template:API-button}{{button=[@{skill-name}](!
/as @{character_name} @{skill-roll-templ})}}"></button> <span name="attr_skill-name"class="skill-name" style="margin-top:14px;width:96px;"></span> <select disabled name="attr_ability" class="ability-select" value=@{ability}> <option value=@{strengthe}>STR</option> <option value=@{dexterity}>DEX</option> <option value=@{intelligence}>INT</option> <option value=@{perception}>PER</option> <option value=@{will}>WIL</option> </select> <input type="hidden" name="attr_skill-d" class="dot" value="1" /> <button disabled type="action" name="act_skill-d-1" class="dot dot-0"> - </button> <button disabled type="action" name="act_skill-d-2" class="dot gt-1"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button disabled type="action" name="act_skill-d-3" class="dot gt-1 gt-2"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button disabled type="action" name="act_skill-d-4" class="dot gt-1 gt-2 gt-3"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button disabled type="action" name="act_skill-d-5" class="dot gt-1 gt-2 gt-3 gt-4"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button disabled type="action" name="act_skill-d-6" class="dot gt-1 gt-2 gt-3 gt-4 gt-5"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button disabled type="action" name="act_skill-d-7" class="dot gt-1 gt-2 gt-3 gt-4 gt-5 gt-6"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button disabled type="action" name="act_skill-d-8" class="dot gt-1 gt-2 gt-3 gt-4 gt-5 gt-6 gt-7"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button disabled type="action" name="act_skill-d-9" class="dot gt-1 gt-2 gt-3 gt-4 gt-5 gt-6 gt-7 gt-8"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <button disabled type="action" name="act_skill-d-10" class="dot gt-1 gt-2 gt-3 gt-4 gt-5 gt-6 gt-7 gt-8 gt-9"> <span class="checked"></span> </button> <select disabled name="attr_effect-die" class="ability-select"> <option value="0">d2</option> <option value="1">d4</option> <option value="2">d6</option> <option value="3">d8</option> <option value="4">d10</option> <option value="5">d12</option> <option value=@{strengthe}>STR</option> <option value=@{dexterity}>DEX</option> <option value=@{intelligence}>INT</option> <option value=@{perception}>PER</option> <option value=@{will}>WIL</option> </select> <span style="padding-top:12px;width:2em;">keep</span> <select disabled name="attr_keep" class="ability-select"> <option value="k1">1</option> <option value="k2">2</option> <option value="k3">3</option> </select> </div> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset>

I was trying to create a checkbox to lock the skill, so it couldn;t be changed by an errant click, and that works, but the information doesn;t display correctly, and it sends the incorrect data to my macro as a result.