jquery change the selected option 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: set select option as selected jquery

$(document).ready(function() {
    $("#gate option[value='Gateway 2']").prop('selected', true);
    // you need to specify id of combo to set right combo, if more than one combo
});

Example 3: get selected option text jquery

$("#id option:selected").text();

Example 4: change value of drop down using jquery

$('#ddlID').val('New_OptionValue').change()

Example 5: jQuery change select value

$("#mySelectElementID").val("my_new_value"); //change selected option/value with jQuery

Example 6: click select option to update div jquery

$('#choose').change(function(event) {
        $.post('info.php', { selected: $('#choose').val() },
            function(data) {
                $('#update').html(data);
            }
        );            
    });