dropdown select jquery code example

Example 1: jquery get selected option value

var selectedOptionText = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").text();//selected option text
var selectedOptionVal = $('#mySelectID').find(":selected").val();//selected option value

Example 2: jquery dropdown select

$('select>option:eq(3)').prop('selected', true);

Example 3: jquery dropdown select

$("#element-id").val('the value of the option');