How to get selected value of a html select with asp.net

You need to add a name to your <select> element:

<select id="testSelect" name="testSelect">

It will be posted to the server, and you can see it using:

Request.Form["testSelect"]

asp.net html html-select

I've used this solution to get what you need.

Let'say that in my .aspx code there's a select list runat="server":

<select id="testSelect"  runat="server" ClientIDMode="Static" required>    <option value="1">One</option>    <option value="2">Two</option></select>

In my C# code I used the code below to retrieve the text and also value of the options:

testSelect.SelectedIndex == 0 ? "uninformed" :     testSelect.Items[testSelect.SelectedIndex].Text);

In this case I check if the user selected any of the options. If there's nothing selected I show the text as "uninformed".

asp.net html html-select

If you would use asp:dropdownlist you could select it easier by testSelect.Text.

Now you'd have to do a Request.Form["testSelect"] to get the value after pressed btnTes.

Hope it helps.

EDIT: You need to specify a name of the select (not only ID) to be able to Request.Form["testSelect"]

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