jquery select option by text code example

Example 1: get text of selected option jquery

$('#id').children(':selected').text();

Example 2: jquery selected option text

$("#mySelect option:selected").html();

Example 3: get selected option text jquery

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

Example 4: jquery selected option text

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

Example 5: jquery select option by text

$("#myDropdown option:contains(Option 2)").attr('selected', 'selected');