Paulund
2012-02-12 #jquery

Get Select Box Value With jQuery

Use the following jQuery snippet to get the value of the selected option in the select box. First create a new jQuery function


function getSelectedOption(id){
     $('#' + id).val();
}

Then create your select box.


<select id="selectBox">
    <option>Select</option>
    <option>Red</option>
    <option>Blue</option>
    <option>Green</option>
    <option>Yellow</option>
    <option>Purple</option>
</select>

Now all you have to do to get the selected value for the select box is call the function you just created.


var text = getSelectedOption('selectBox');