javascript select option text code example

Example 1: select text with javascript

// highlight text in an input element
element.select();

// highlight a portion of an element
// element.setSelectionRange(start, end, ?direction)
// start, end - start and end indices of the new selection
// direction (optional) - "forward", "backward", or "none" (default)
element.setSelectionRange(3, 5);

Example 2: get selected text of html dropdown in javascript

var e = document.getElementById("selectElementID");
var value=e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;// get selected option value
var text=e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;