Get selected text from a drop-down list (select box) using jQuery

javascript jquery dom drop-down-menu jquery-selectors

$("#yourdropdownid option:selected").text();

javascript jquery dom drop-down-menu jquery-selectors

Try this:

$("#myselect :selected").text();

For an ASP.NET dropdown you can use the following selector:

$("[id*='MyDropDownId'] :selected")

javascript jquery dom drop-down-menu jquery-selectors

The answers posted here, for example,

$('#yourdropdownid option:selected').text();

didn't work for me, but this did:

$('#yourdropdownid').find('option:selected').text();

It is possibly an older version of jQuery.

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