get selected value of option html code example
Example 1: get selected value of dropdown in javascript
<body>
<select id="list" style="padding: 10px;" onchange="getSelectValue();">
<option value="js">JavaScript</option>
<option value="php">PHP</option>
<option value="c#">Csharp</option>
<option value="java">Java</option>
<option value="node">Node.js</option>
</select>
<script>
function getSelectValue()
{
var selectedValue = document.getElementById("list").value;
alert(selectedValue);
}
getSelectValue();
</script>
</body>
Example 2: javascript get selected option
let selectElement = document.getElementById("selectElement");
let valueSelected = selectElement.options[selectElement.selectedIndex].value; // get selected option value
var text= selectElement.options[selectElement.selectedIndex].text; //get the selected option text