how to set select option selected value in javascript code example
Example 1: javascript set html select value
// Get the html select element
var select = document.getElementById('<your select element id>');
// If you have a <option> like this:
// <option value="1">My Value Display text</option>
//Then your selected value of your select would be:
select.value = "1";
Example 2: js select option value when selected
(function() {
// get references to select list and display text box
var sel = document.getElementById('scripts');
var el = document.getElementById('display');
function getSelectedOption(sel) {
var opt;
for ( var i = 0, len = sel.options.length; i < len; i++ ) {
opt = sel.options[i];
if ( opt.selected === true ) {
break;
}
}
return opt;
}
// assign onclick handlers to the buttons
document.getElementById('showVal').onclick = function () {
el.value = sel.value;
}
document.getElementById('showTxt').onclick = function () {
// access text property of selected option
el.value = sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].text;
}
document.getElementById('doLoop').onclick = function () {
var opt = getSelectedOption(sel);
el.value = opt.value;
}
}());
// immediate function to preserve global namespace