Posted Date:01-07-2017

In this post we will explain selected text from a drop-down list (select box) using jQuery

Step 1: Include jQuery  Plugin

<source src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.1/jquery.min.js"></source >

Step 2:Create the HTML page using  following code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
 <title>Drop Down Select text value </title>
 <source src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.1/jquery.min.js"></source>
 
</head>
<body>
 <select name="select_text" id="select_text" class="select_text">
 <option value="" class="option_class">Select Plan</option>
 <option data-basic="basic" value="601">Option1</option>
 <option value=".30">Option2</option>
 </select>
 <button onclick="GetText();">click</button>
<source>
function GetText()
{
  alert('Text:'+$("#select_text option:selected").text());
  alert('Value: '+$("#select_text").val());
}
</source> 
</body>
</html>

In the above example excute after you get dropdown text value and text value

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