JQuery - Multiple Select Options
JquerySelectJquery Problem Overview
I am trying to grab all selected items in the following select multiple and separate them by a comma. The code is below:
<select id="ps-type" name="ps-type" multiple="multiple" size="5">
<option>Residential - Wall Insulation</option>
<option>Residential - Attic /Crawl Space Insulation</option>
<option>Residential - Foundation Insulation</option>
<option>Residential - Exterior Roof System</option>
<option>Commercial - Wall Insulation</option>
<option>Commercial - Air Barrier System (Walltite)</option>
<option>Commercial - Roof System</option>
</select>
The result I am looking for is the following:
Residential - Wall Insulation, Commercial - Wall Insulation, ...
Jquery Solutions
Solution 1 - Jquery
You can use the :selected
selector, and the inline $.map()
function as part of your chain.
$("option:selected").map(function(){ return this.value }).get().join(", ");
Solution 2 - Jquery
Add the values to an array and use join
to create the string:
var items = [];
$('#ps-type option:selected').each(function(){ items.push($(this).val()); });
var result = items.join(', ');
Solution 3 - Jquery
On a multiple select element, the val
command of the select
element will return an array of the selected options values. If no values are present, the text of the element is used:
var output = $("#ps-type").val().join(', ');
update: However, when there are no selected options val()
returns null
not an empty array. One way to get around this:
var output = ($("#ps-type").val() || []).join(', ');
You can play around with it in this demo I put together.
From the docs:
> In the case of <select multiple="multiple">
elements, the .val()
method returns an array containing each selected option.
Solution 4 - Jquery
Something like this should do the trick:
var result = "";
$('#ps-type option:selected').each(function(i, item){
result += $(this).val() + ", ";
});
Solution 5 - Jquery
var list = "";
$('#ps-type option:selected').each(function(){
list += this.value + ", ";
});
return list.substr(0, list.length - 2);
Solution 6 - Jquery
Here you go:
var result = new Array();
$("#ps-type option:selected").each(function() {
result.push($(this).val());
});
var output = result.join(", ");
Solution 7 - Jquery
$(function() {
$('#colorselector').change(function(){
$('.colors').hide();
$('#' + $(this).val()).show();
});
});
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<Select id="colorselector" multiple="multiple" size="2">
<option value="red">Red</option>
<option value="yellow">Yellow</option>
<option value="blue">Blue</option>
</Select>
<div id="red" class="colors" style="display:none"> red... </div>
<div id="yellow" class="colors" style="display:none"> yellow.. </div>
<div id="blue" class="colors" style="display:none"> blue.. </div>
Solution 8 - Jquery
The most simple solution
You could simply use just .val()
like :
console.log( $('#ps-type').val() );
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<select id="ps-type" name="ps-type" multiple="multiple" size="5">
<option selected>Residential - Wall Insulation</option>
<option>Residential - Attic /Crawl Space Insulation</option>
<option>Residential - Foundation Insulation</option>
<option>Residential - Exterior Roof System</option>
<option selected>Commercial - Wall Insulation</option>
<option>Commercial - Air Barrier System (Walltite)</option>
<option selected>Commercial - Roof System</option>
</select>
Solution 9 - Jquery
Try this:
var List = new Array();
$('#ps-type option:selected').each(function () {
if ($(this).length) {
var sel= {
name: $this.text()
}
}
List.push(sel);
});
var result = List.join(', ');