jquery dropdown selected value 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: how to get the value of dropdown in jquery

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$('#ddlName option:selected').val();

Example 3: get selected option value

var conceptName = $('#aioConceptName').find(":selected").val();

Example 4: jquery option selected value

<select id="myselect">
    <option value="1">Mr</option>
    <option value="2" selected="selected">Mrs</option>
    <option value="3">Ms</option>
    <option value="4">Dr</option>
    <option value="5">Prof</option>
</select>

<script>
  alert($( "#myselect" ).val()); //alert '2'
  //OR
  alert($( "#myselect option:selected" ).attr('value')); //alert '2'
  
  //Use this if you want to get the label and not the value
  alert($( "#myselect option:selected" ).text()); //alert 'Mrs'
</script>

Example 5: jquery get dropdown list selected value

$('#dropDownId').val();

Example 6: jquery dropdown selected value show field

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
    jQuery("#carm3").change(function() {
        if (jQuery(this).val() === 'other'){ 
            jQuery('input[name=other_interest]').show();   
        } else {
            jQuery('input[name=other_interest]').hide(); 
        }
    });
});