jQuery Get Selected Option From Dropdown
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.
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.
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).