jQuery Get Selected Option From Dropdown
JavascriptHtmlJqueryDrop Down-MenuJavascript Problem Overview
Usually I use $("#id").val()
to return the value of the selected option, but this time it doesn't work.
The selected tag has the id aioConceptName
html code
<label>Name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" />
<select id="aioConceptName">
<option>choose io</option>
<option>roma</option>
<option>totti</option>
</select>
Javascript Solutions
Solution 1 - Javascript
For dropdown options you probably want something like this:
var conceptName = $('#aioConceptName').find(":selected").text();
The reason val()
doesn't do the trick is because clicking an option doesn't change the value of the dropdown--it just adds the :selected
property to the selected option which is a child of the dropdown.
Solution 2 - Javascript
Set the values for each of the options
<select id="aioConceptName">
<option value="0">choose io</option>
<option value="1">roma</option>
<option value="2">totti</option>
</select>
$('#aioConceptName').val()
didn't work because .val()
returns the value
attribute. To have it work properly, the value
attributes must be set on each <option>
.
Now you can call $('#aioConceptName').val()
instead of all this :selected
voodoo being suggested by others.
Solution 3 - Javascript
I stumbled across this question and developed a more concise version of Elliot BOnneville's answer:
var conceptName = $('#aioConceptName :selected').text();
or generically:
$('#id :pseudoclass')
This saves you an extra jQuery call, selects everything in one shot, and is more clear (my opinion).
Solution 4 - Javascript
Try this for value...
$("select#id_of_select_element option").filter(":selected").val();
or this for text...
$("select#id_of_select_element option").filter(":selected").text();
Solution 5 - Javascript
If you are in event context, in jQuery, you can retrieve the selected option element using :
$(this).find('option:selected')
like this :
$('dropdown_selector').change(function() {
//Use $option (with the "$") to see that the variable is a jQuery object
var $option = $(this).find('option:selected');
//Added with the EDIT
var value = $option.val();//to get content of "value" attrib
var text = $option.text();//to get <option>Text</option> content
});
Edit
As mentioned by PossessWithin, My answer just answer to the question : How to select selected "Option".
Next, to get the option value, use option.val()
.
Solution 6 - Javascript
Have you considered using plain old javascript?
var box = document.getElementById('aioConceptName');
conceptName = box.options[box.selectedIndex].text;
See also https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4641962/getting-an-option-text-value-with-javascript
Solution 7 - Javascript
$('#aioConceptName option:selected').val();
Solution 8 - Javascript
Reading the value (not the text) of a select:
var status = $("#Status").val();
var status = $("#Status")[0].value;
var status = $('#Status option:selected').val();
How to disable a select? in both variants, value can be changed using:
A
User can not interact with the dropdown. And he doesn't know what other options might exists.
$('#Status').prop('disabled', true);
B
User can see the options in the dropdown but all of them are disabled:
$('#Status option').attr('disabled', true);
In this case, $("#Status").val()
will only work for jQuery versions smaller than 1.9.0
. All other variants will work.
How to update a disabled select?
From code behind you can still update the value in your select. It is disabled only for users:
$("#Status").val(2);
In some cases you might need to fire events:
$("#Status").val(2).change();
Solution 9 - Javascript
For good practice you need to use val()
to get value of selected options not text()
.
<label>Name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" />
<select id="aioConceptName">
<option value="choose">choose io</option>
</select>
You can use
$("#aioConceptName").find(':selected').val();
Or
$("#aioConceptName :selected").val();
Solution 10 - Javascript
you should use this syntax:
var value = $('#Id :selected').val();
So try this Code:
var values = $('#aioConceptName :selected').val();
you can test in Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/PJT6r/9/
see about this answer in this post
Solution 11 - Javascript
to find correct selections with jQuery consider multiple selections can be available in html trees and confuse your expected output.
(:selected).val()
or (:selected).text()
will not work correct on multiple select options. So we keep an array of all selections first like .map()
could do and then return the desired argument or text.
The following example illustrates those problems and offers a better approach
<select id="form-s" multiple="multiple">
<option selected>city1</option>
<option selected value="c2">city2</option>
<option value="c3">city3</option>
</select>
<select id="aioConceptName">
<option value="s1" selected >choose io</option>
<option value="s2">roma </option>
<option value="s3">totti</option>
</select>
<select id="test">
<option value="s4">paloma</option>
<option value="s5" selected >foo</option>
<option value="s6">bar</option>
</select>
<script>
$('select').change(function() {
var a=$(':selected').text(); // "city1city2choose iofoo"
var b=$(':selected').val(); // "city1" - selects just first query !
//but..
var c=$(':selected').map(function(){ // ["city1","city2","choose io","foo"]
return $(this).text();
});
var d=$(':selected').map(function(){ // ["city1","c2","s1","s5"]
return $(this).val();
});
console.log(a,b,c,d);
});
</script>
see the different bug prone output in variant a, b compared to correctly working c & d that keep all selections in an array and then return what you look for.
Solution 12 - Javascript
Just this should work:
var conceptName = $('#aioConceptName').val();
$(function() {
$('#aioConceptName').on('change', function(event) {
console.log(event.type + " event with:", $(this).val());
$(this).prev('input').val($(this).val());
});
});
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<label>Name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" />
<select id="aioConceptName">
<option>choose io</option>
<option>roma</option>
<option>totti</option>
</select>
Solution 13 - Javascript
With JQuery:
-
If you want to get the selected option text, you can use
$(select element).text()
.var text = $('#aioConceptName option:selected').text();
-
If you want to get selected option value, you can use
$(select element).val()
.var val = $('#aioConceptName option:selected').val();
Make sure to set
value
attribute in<option>
tag, like:<select id="aioConceptName"> <option value="">choose io</option> <option value="roma(value)">roma(text)</option> <option value="totti(value)">totti(text)</option> </select>
With this HTML code sample, assuming last option is selected:
- var text will give you
totti(text)
- var val will give you
totti(value)
$(document).on('change','#aioConceptName' ,function(){
var val = $('#aioConceptName option:selected').val();
var text = $('#aioConceptName option:selected').text();
$('.result').text("Select Value = " + val);
$('.result').append("<br>Select Text = " + text);
})
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id="aioConceptName">
<option value="io(value)">choose io</option>
<option value="roma(value)">roma(text)</option>
<option value="totti(value)">totti(text)</option>
</select>
<p class="result"></p>
Solution 14 - Javascript
Using jQuery, just add a change
event and get selected value or text within that handler.
If you need selected text, please use this code:
$("#aioConceptName").change(function () {
alert($("#aioConceptName :selected").text())
});
Or if you need selected value, please use this code:
$("#aioConceptName").change(function () {
alert($("#aioConceptName :selected").attr('value'))
});
Solution 15 - Javascript
For anyone who found out that best answer don't work.
Try to use:
$( "#aioConceptName option:selected" ).attr("value");
Works for me in recent projects so it is worth to look on it.
Solution 16 - Javascript
Use the jQuery.val()
function for select elements, too:
> The .val() method is primarily used to get the values of form elements
> such as input, select and textarea. In the case of select elements, it
> returns null
when no option is selected and an array containing the
> value of each selected option when there is at least one and it is
> possible to select more because the multiple
attribute is present.
$(function() {
$("#aioConceptName").on("change", function() {
$("#debug").text($("#aioConceptName").val());
}).trigger("change");
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id="aioConceptName">
<option>choose io</option>
<option>roma</option>
<option>totti</option>
</select>
<div id="debug"></div>
Solution 17 - Javascript
Straight forward and pretty easy:
Your dropdown
<select id="aioConceptName">
<option>choose io</option>
<option>roma</option>
<option>totti</option>
</select>
Jquery code to get the selected value
$('#aioConceptName').change(function() {
var $option = $(this).find('option:selected');
//Added with the EDIT
var value = $option.val(); //returns the value of the selected option.
var text = $option.text(); //returns the text of the selected option.
});
Solution 18 - Javascript
For get value of tag selected:
$('#id_Of_Parent_Selected_Tag').find(":selected").val();
And if you want to get text use this code:
$('#id_Of_Parent_Selected_Tag').find(":selected").text();
For Example:
<div id="i_am_parent_of_select_tag">
<select>
<option value="1">CR7</option>
<option value="2">MESSI</option>
</select>
</div>
<script>
$('#i_am_parent_of_select_tag').find(":selected").val();//OUTPUT:1 OR 2
$('#i_am_parent_of_select_tag').find(":selected").text();//OUTPUT:CR7 OR MESSI
</script>
Solution 19 - Javascript
I hope this also helps to understand better and helps try this below,
$('select[id="aioConceptName[]"] option:selected').each(function(key,value){
options2[$(this).val()] = $(this).text();
console.log(JSON.stringify(options2));
});
to more details please http://www.drtuts.com/get-value-multi-select-dropdown-without-value-attribute-using-jquery/
Solution 20 - Javascript
You can try to debug it this way:
console.log($('#aioConceptName option:selected').val())
Solution 21 - Javascript
If you want to grab the 'value' attribute instead of the text node, this will work for you:
var conceptName = $('#aioConceptName').find(":selected").attr('value');
Solution 22 - Javascript
Here is the simple solution for this issue.
$("select#aioConceptName").change(function () {
var selectedaioConceptName = $('#aioConceptName').find(":selected").val();;
console.log(selectedaioConceptName);
});
Solution 23 - Javascript
try to this one
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#name option").filter(function() {
return $(this).val() == $("#firstname").val();
}).attr('selected', true);
$("#name").live("change", function() {
$("#firstname").val($(this).find("option:selected").attr("value"));
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id="name" name="name">
<option value="">Please select...</option>
<option value="Elvis">Elvis</option>
<option value="Frank">Frank</option>
<option value="Jim">Jim</option>
</select>
<input type="text" id="firstname" name="firstname" value="Elvis" readonly="readonly">
Solution 24 - Javascript
$('nameofDropDownList').prop('selectedIndex', whateverNumberasInt);
Imagine the DDL as an array with indexes, you are selecting one index. Choose the one which you want to set it to with your JS.
Solution 25 - Javascript
You can use $("#drpList").val();
Solution 26 - Javascript
to fetch a select with same class= name you could do this, to check if a select option is selected.
var bOK = true;
$('.optKategorien').each(function(index,el){
if($(el).find(":selected").text() == "") {
bOK = false;
}
});
Solution 27 - Javascript
I had the same issue and I figured out why it was not working on my case
The html page was divided into different html fragments and I found that I have another input field that carries the same Id of the select
, which caused the val()
to be always empty
I hope this saves the day for anyone who have similar issue.
Solution 28 - Javascript
Try
aioConceptName.selectedOptions[0].value
let val = aioConceptName.selectedOptions[0].value
console.log('selected value:',val);
<label>Name</label>
<input type="text" name="name" />
<select id="aioConceptName">
<option>choose io</option>
<option>roma</option>
<option>totti</option>
</select>
Solution 29 - Javascript
There is only one correct way to find selected option - by option
value
attribute. So take the simple code:
//find selected option
$select = $("#mySelect");
$selectedOption = $select.find( "option[value=" + $select.val() + "]" );
//get selected option text
console.log( $selectedOption.text() );
So if you have list like this:
<select id="#mySelect" >
<option value="value1" >First option</option>
<option value="value2" >Second option</option>
<option value="value3" selected >Third option</option>
</select>
If you use selected
attribute for option
, then find(":selected")
will give incorrect result because selected
attribute will stay at option
forever, even user selects another option.
Even if user will selects first or second option, the result of $("select option:selected") will give two elements! So $("select :selected").text() will give a result like "First option Third option"
So use value
attribute selector and don't forget to set value
attribute for all options!
Solution 30 - Javascript
Probably your best bet with this kind of scenario is to use jQuery's change method to find the currently selected value, like so:
$('#aioConceptName').change(function(){
//get the selected val using jQuery's 'this' method and assign to a var
var selectedVal = $(this).val();
//perform the rest of your operations using aforementioned var
});
I prefer this method because you can then perform functions for each selected option in a given select field.
Hope that helps!
Solution 31 - Javascript
Usually you'd need to not only get the selected value, but also run some action. So why not avoid all the jQuery magic and just pass the selected value as an argument to the action call?
<select onchange="your_action(this.value)">
<option value='*'>All</option>
<option ... />
</select>
Solution 32 - Javascript
You can select using exact selected option : Below will give innerText
$("select#aioConceptName > option:selected").text()
While below will give you value.
$("select#aioConceptName > option:selected").val()
Solution 33 - Javascript
try this code: :)
get value:
$("#Ostans option:selected").val() + '.' + $("#shahrha option:selected").val()
get text:
$("#Ostans option:selected").text() + '.' + $("#shahrha option:selected").text()