How to get label of select option with jQuery?

jquery select

Try this:

$('select option:selected').text();

jquery select

Hi first give an id to the select as

<select id=theid><option value="test">label </option></select>

then you can call the selected label like that:

jQuery('#theid option:selected').text()

jquery select

For reference there is also a secondary label attribute on the option tag:

//returns "GET THIS" when option is selected$('#selecter :selected').attr('label');

Html

<select id="selecter"><option value="test" label="GET THIS">Option (also called label)</option></select>

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