html dropdownlist selected value javascript code example
Example 1: javascript get selected option
var e = document.getElementById("selectElementID");
var value=e.selectElement.options[e.selectedIndex].value;// get selected option value
var text=e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;//get the selected option text
Example 2: 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 3: javascript to get value of dropdown
var e = document.getElementById("elementId");
var value = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
var text = e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;
Example 4: How to select a value in a dropdown
How do you handle Select type of dropdown?
- If it is <select> we would have to use Select class from Selenium.
- Methods to select from dropdown:
Select s = new Select(element);
- s.selectByVisibleText
- s.selectByValue
- s.selectByIndex
--> How do we verify which option is selected in a dropdown?
- If we want to get the currently selected option,
we use getFirstSelectedOption() method.
-> return type: currently selected option as a web element
--> .getOptions();
-> This method will return all of the options in the <select> web element.
-> return type: List<WebElement>