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How can I get the selected value of a drop-down list with jQuery?
With jQuery, it’s easy to get selected text from a drop-down list. This is done using the select id. To change the selected value of a drop-down list, use the val() method.
Example
You can try to run the following code to learn how to change the selected value of a drop-down list. Here, we have a default select option first, but the alert shows the second option, which have been changed using the val method():
<html>
<head>
<title>jQuery Selector</title>
<script src = "https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.2.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
$("#button1").click(function(){
$("#myselection").val('2');
alert( $("#myselection option:selected").text() );
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div>
<p>The selected value:</p>
<select id="myselection">
<option value="1">First</option>
<option value="2">Second</option>
<option value="3">Third</option>
</select>
</div>
<button id="button1">Click</button>
</body>
</html>
Updated on: 17-Dec-2019
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