html combo box selected value code example
Example: selected dropdown value
Plain JavaScript:
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var e = document.getElementById("elementId");
var value = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
var text = e.options[e.selectedIndex].text;
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jQuery:
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$("#elementId :selected").text(); // The text content of the selected option
$("#elementId :selected").val(); // The value of the selected option