Get text of the selected option with jQuery [duplicate]
Close, you can use
$('#select_2 option:selected').html()
$(document).ready(function() { $('select#select_2').change(function() { var selectedText = $(this).find('option:selected').text(); alert(selectedText); });});
Change your selector to
val = j$("#select_2 option:selected").text();You're selecting the <select> instead of the <option>